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Filipino freelance journalist.
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Five Ways the Duterte Influence Machine is Deceiving Filipinos - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Five Ways the Duterte Influence Machine is Deceiving Filipinos - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Just 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. Now these same supporters are singing a very different tune—praising the high court as “fair and just” after a July 25 decision declaring Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment […]
Influence Campaigns in the Philippines: 2025 Midterm Elections
Influence Campaigns in the Philippines: 2025 Midterm Elections
The Philippines was dubbed “patient zero” of the post-truth era just shy of a decade ago. Then-president Rodrigo Duterte, a populist known for his war on drugs that killed thousands, sailed to office with the aid of a social media campaign that Oxford Internet Institute estimated to cost $200,000. His presidency normalised malign influence as a tool of the state, with his top propagandists appointed to government positions. In turn, players across the political aisle set up their own operations.
The Philippine Opposition Must Combat Disinformation Superspreaders
The Philippine Opposition Must Combat Disinformation Superspreaders
The disinformation network backing the Dutertes has adapted, grown, and continues to tilt the political playing field in the Philippines
Searching for Maura
Searching for Maura
Maura, a Filipino woman, died after coming to the U.S. to be put on display at the 1904 World's Fair. A Smithsonian anthropologist likely took part of her brain.
Work for Washington Post 🗞️
Work for Washington Post 🗞️
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What's the deal with Imee and Bongbong?
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Podcast
What's the deal with Imee and Bongbong?
Inside the Duterte TikTok machine: Propaganda, algorithms, and the creative war for democracy
Podcast
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Podcast
Inside the Duterte TikTok machine: Propaganda, algorithms, and the creative war for democracy
Teka Teka · Episode
A Philippine Troll Farm Uses ChatGPT for Pro-Marcos Content
A Philippine Troll Farm Uses ChatGPT for Pro-Marcos Content
Disinformation and Influence
Navigating malign influence campaigns in the Philippines
Navigating malign influence campaigns in the Philippines
How the Philippines’ brutal history is being whitewashed for voters
How the Philippines’ brutal history is being whitewashed for voters
Through the power of social media, one of the Philippines most despised families is being rehabilitated into one of its most revered.
In the Philippines, grass-roots campaign takes on the Marcos juggernaut
In the Philippines, grass-roots campaign takes on the Marcos juggernaut
While Ferdinand Marcos Jr. holds a substantial lead in polls, Leni Robredo’s volunteers are trying to turn the tide with door-to-door canvassing and online activism.
Why crafty Internet trolls in the Philippines may be coming to a website near you
Why crafty Internet trolls in the Philippines may be coming to a website near you
Once known as a call-center hub, the Philippines is now a clearinghouse for social media deception. And it’s going global.
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"Dating History," The Margins
"Dating History," The Margins
"As Eleanor, Before Pandemonium," Cordite
"As Eleanor, Before Pandemonium," Cordite
The worst part of it is remembering. That you once fell into a lake while looking for my iguana. Another time, we split the earth open. Once, I forgot who I was and unraveled my mind all over Janet…
"Newspeak," Cordite
"Newspeak," Cordite
"The Happiness Index," TLDTD
"The Happiness Index," TLDTD
Regine Cabato is a journalist based in Manila. She has won a Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature and a Loyola Schools Award for the Arts for her poetry. Her
Three Poems from 'Notes from the Field', Philippine Humanities Review
Three Poems from 'Notes from the Field', Philippine Humanities Review
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