PhilippinesDuterteHuman rights are essential pillars of democracies. But under populism, they are a proclaimed nemesis of political leaders who claim to represent the common people. This article argues that the discourses of strongman, patronage and fake news constitute three prominent right-wing ...
Fake news – the ever-present term that has been causing a ruckus in every aspect of today’s society, is one of the main concerns in the business industry – particularly those in digital marketing. With the proliferation of powerful online channels such as social media also comes those th...
These issues are even more amplified in countries where false information is especially prevalent and Facebook is particularly influential. Earlier this month,The New York Timesreported on the impossible task facing Facebook's fact checkersin the Philippines. ...
While in theory there are many possible ways that potential victims can be directed to these fake websites,a news site reported(English versionhere) that they were being shown an advertisement that led to one of these malicious websites when searching for the Firefox browser in Google. We coul...
According to Facebook, the accounts were from two separate networks, one from China and one from the Philippines. The social media giant said that the people behind the activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts as a central part of their operations to mislead people about who...
Effects of Political Fake News on the Attitude and Voting Behavior of Community Residents in Philippinesdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3768151New MediaMisinformationDigital CommunicationPolitical CommunicationThis study was conducted at Niyugan, Jaen, Nueva Ecija during the month of June and Julyof 2018 with 94 ...
Fake NewsPolitical PolarizationPhilippinesYouthMisinformation, political polarization, its links, and negative societal consequences have long been studied in literature. This study contributes to this fieldoi:10.2139/ssrn.3964492Deinla, PhD, Imelda
Rise of the Troll: Exploring the Constitutional Challenges to Social Media and Fake News Regulation in the PhilippinesDe Leon, Jomari James T.Enriquez, Keir Cedric L.Tiglao, Jose Angelo C.Ateneo Law Journal