[DECODED] Three ways Duterte’s propaganda machine has changed

Two weeks ago, I sent a newsletter about how former president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest activated familiar disinformation tactics online. We were just starting to monitor the online discussions then, but were already reminded of the environment during the Duterte era.

The Duterte era was a time when disinformation and propaganda online were so rampant that they distorted the line between truth and manufactured reality. It was also a time when critics and journalists were attacked relentlessly.