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                    [Title] => Over 100 Chinese posts falsely claim military split with Marcos after Senate shooting
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A false claim that the Armed Forces of the Philippines broke with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spread across Chinese-language platforms.

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Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa and his Senate allies posted near-simultaneous claims of being "under attack" on Facebook Wednesday night.

[DatePublished] => 2026-05-13 22:25:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807493 [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/05/13/bato-imee-alan-peter-attack-claims_2026-05-13_22-34-14261_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2524969 [Title] => USAID collapse amplifies smear against Asia's rights groups [Summary] =>

Aid freeze halts projects, cuts budgets, and weakens support systems for activists across the region.

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What was presented as an exposé was largely old or publicly available material repackaged as revelations about the world’s largest aid agency.

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More than two dozen pro-Duterte Facebook pages spread a doctored photo of drug war victims' kin carrying designer handbags with near-identical captions in just half a day — timed with the halfway mark of the International Criminal Court's confirmation of charges hearing for former president Rodrigo Duterte.

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While an overwhelming number of Filipinos reject Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, the study's main researcher says that has not stopped coordinated campaigns on China-aligned narratives from saturating the country's social media sphere.

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Dozens of social media accounts deployed identical messages, suspicious comment patterns and AI-generated content to attack a Catholic priest known for championing drug war victims, an examination of posts across Facebook, TikTok and YouTube shows.

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The claims came two days after rumors circulated that Remulla had rushed to the hospital, which was debunked by Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano and Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla. 

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Until its removal in November, hundreds of TikTok accounts had spent months magnifying the visibility of AI-manipulated videos of lawmakers appearing to admit to corruption in flood control projects. 

 

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A coordinated network of bot accounts has bombarded X with nearly 1,000 posts framing Vietnam as the main threat in the South China Sea — with many of the most active accounts also spreading pro-Duterte narratives, a Philstar.com investigation shows. 

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A false claim that the Armed Forces of the Philippines broke with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spread across Chinese-language platforms.

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Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa and his Senate allies posted near-simultaneous claims of being "under attack" on Facebook Wednesday night.

[DatePublished] => 2026-05-13 22:25:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807493 [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/05/13/bato-imee-alan-peter-attack-claims_2026-05-13_22-34-14261_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2524969 [Title] => USAID collapse amplifies smear against Asia's rights groups [Summary] =>

Aid freeze halts projects, cuts budgets, and weakens support systems for activists across the region.

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What was presented as an exposé was largely old or publicly available material repackaged as revelations about the world’s largest aid agency.

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More than two dozen pro-Duterte Facebook pages spread a doctored photo of drug war victims' kin carrying designer handbags with near-identical captions in just half a day — timed with the halfway mark of the International Criminal Court's confirmation of charges hearing for former president Rodrigo Duterte.

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While an overwhelming number of Filipinos reject Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, the study's main researcher says that has not stopped coordinated campaigns on China-aligned narratives from saturating the country's social media sphere.

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Dozens of social media accounts deployed identical messages, suspicious comment patterns and AI-generated content to attack a Catholic priest known for championing drug war victims, an examination of posts across Facebook, TikTok and YouTube shows.

[DatePublished] => 2026-01-10 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807493 [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/01/09/untitled-design_2026-01-09_16-11-35556_thumbnail.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2499618 [Title] => Fact check: Posts falsely claim Ombudsman Remulla is dead [Summary] =>

The claims came two days after rumors circulated that Remulla had rushed to the hospital, which was debunked by Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano and Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla. 

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Until its removal in November, hundreds of TikTok accounts had spent months magnifying the visibility of AI-manipulated videos of lawmakers appearing to admit to corruption in flood control projects. 

 

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A coordinated network of bot accounts has bombarded X with nearly 1,000 posts framing Vietnam as the main threat in the South China Sea — with many of the most active accounts also spreading pro-Duterte narratives, a Philstar.com investigation shows. 

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