What is the Sonshine Media Network, who is Apollo Quiboloy, and how is he connected to Duterte and Marcos?

As social media giants like Facebook and Twitter play cat-and-mouse with coordinated keyboard warriors who spread disinformation, prop up political clients or smear their opponents, historical whitewashing is finding new homes.

VP Robredo is the “biggest victim” of disinformation, while former senator “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the beneficiary of positive but misleading messaging on social media, according to Tsek.ph.

What is media literacy and why is it important for Filipinos?

“Human rights activists say “red-tagging” is being increasingly deployed by government supporters and state officials in the Philippines.”

“Thousands of foreign moderators keep the worst content off Facebook but receive little support for the traumatic work. Could that change?”

“People have to clock in and clock out even when going to the toilet and explain the reason why they were delayed, which is embarrassing and humiliating.”

"We were seduced, we were lured, we were hooked, and then, when we became captive audiences, we were manipulated to see what other people — people with vested interests and evil motives of power and domination — wanted us to see."

Back in 2008 Facebook began writing a document, laying out what could and what couldn’t be posted on the site. Then, the rules were simple, outlawing nudity and gore. Today, they’re anything but.

How do you define hate speech? Where’s the line between a joke and an attack? From these answers they’ve written a rulebook that all 2.2 billion of us are expected to follow. Today, we explore that rulebook wondering what does this mean for the future of free speech.

A University of Oxford study found that $200,000, around P10 million, was spent to hire trolls who would spread propaganda for President Rodrigo Duterte and target his opposition.

Increasingly, authoritarian regimes are deploying social media to disseminate official propaganda, crack down on dissent, and maintain their grip on power.

The undeniably huge force behind the presidential bid of Rodrigo Duterte was organic and volunteer-driven, said the campaign’s social media manager, Nic Gabunada.

Inside the soul-crushing world of content moderation, where low-wage laborers soak up the worst of humanity, and keep it off your Facebook feed.