A cyborg operation — part-human, part-machine — made up of hyper-partisan influencers, trolls, and true believers is mounting a long-running political influence campaign to defend Sara Duterte and her father and consolidate support ahead of the 2028...
A cyborg operation — part-human, part-machine — made up of hyper-partisan influencers, trolls, and true believers is mounting a long-running political influence campaign to defend Sara Duterte and her father and consolidate support ahead of the 2028 electionsJust five months ago, thousands of Duterte supporters were trashing the Supreme Court on Facebook, calling it “useless” and demanding it act against the former president’s arrest.
In February, the House voted to impeach Sara Duterte for publicly threatening to assassinate the president and allegedly misusing education and confidential funds in the hundreds of millions. These included large payments made to possibly nonexistent individuals named after junk food and fast-food chains —
OPTIC Politics and Tiglao are part of a growing network of partisan Facebook pages across the political aisle that post lengthy essays fashioned as independent opinion. Pro-Duterte pages like The Political Blogger, JAN Writer, and Dare to Ask outnumber liberal-leaning pages and are often anonymous, thereby evading accountability for misleading or even libelous posts.
Such deflection was a recurring narrative in the News5 comment section cited earlier. It has also been the topic of AI-generated videos featuring made-up man-on-the-street interviews, one of which wasAy Grabe, the Facebook page which posted that video interview, has over 288,000 followers and a markedly pro-Duterte slant. It depicts the impeachment and other criticism of the Dutertes as a distraction from bread and butter issues — while engaging in distraction techniques itself.
The comparison between Duterte and Robredo can also be read as designed to court soft Robredo supporters.The impeachment is part of a broader conspiracy targeting the Dutertes, often linked to the United States. Duterte’s impeachment is billed as a strategy by the Marcos administration to deflect from its own controversies or a calculated move to eliminate Duterte as a competitor in the 2028 presidential race to keep the Philippines in the hold of the U.S. and away from China.
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