VIOLENT confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea are being manipulated online by disinformation networks for profit, posing risks to regional security, an Agence France-Presse investigation has found.
Since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in 2022 and began standing up to China over its territorial claims, social media has been awash with posts that often exaggerate the country's defense capabilities or allude to an imminent war in the region.AFP uncovered a coordinated network of dozens of Facebook and YouTube channels that direct users to a bogus news website that appears to use artificial intelligence to rapidly churn out unfounded claims for advertising revenue.
The website, which was flooded with sponsored advertisements, was further linked to dozens of other Facebook sites with a combined following of 7.1 million users.These other pages promote topics ranging from home design to US celebrities and Catholicism.Earn through adsAFP tracked down the manager of the Thailand-based network by scouring the registrations of web domains.
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