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Bogus vote tallies, candidate disqualifications top Election Day disinformation
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Bogus vote tallies, candidate disqualifications top Election Day disinformation

Spurious last-ditch reports of candidates being disqualified and a buildup of fabricated vote tallies of presidential contenders took hold of social media as voters trooped to precincts on Monday. The misleading and deceptive narratives on election day largely targeted now presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his rival, Vice President Leni Robredo; their running mates,...

‘Consistent 47%’ ratios in votes of Marcos Jr., Robredo raise suspicion among netizens
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‘Consistent 47%’ ratios in votes of Marcos Jr., Robredo raise suspicion among netizens

From surprise and shock to outrage, netizens have reacted to the way the Commission on Elections’ partial and unofficial results of the May 9 voting for national officials were being presented and reported by broadcast networks. They cited an intriguing pattern in the percentage ratios of incoming votes of frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice...

Firehose of disinformation floods run-up to election
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Firehose of disinformation floods run-up to election

Disinformation operations continue relentlessly, as though in a last-ditch effort before Election Day. Filipino voters head to the polls on Monday after months of being engulfed in a relentless stream of falsehoods spewed out in multiple formats and platforms that is unprecedented in Philippine history.  Tsek.ph’s second and latest analysis has tracked a high volume...

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Franco, Marcos regimes: the remains of fascism

In Granada, renowned Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca is everywhere and nowhere. The airport of the fabled pais is named after him. His residence is now a museum. His poetry and plays are kept and read in the grand universities and stages of Spain. But the remains of Federico Garcia Lorca are nowhere....