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Since Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos 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 defence capabilities or allude to an imminent war in the region. Elise Thomas, a senior analyst at London’s Institute for Strategic Dialogue think tank, said revenue-making disinformation campaigns have emerged as a “big industry” in South-east Asia, where labour is relatively cheap.Some of the social media pages and websites claim to be American, but are in fact managed in Asian countries including Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
All 25 Facebook pages shared similar posts that linked to the same news website that appeared to be American — with most of its followers in the US — but was actually based in the Thai capital Bangkok. He said the network can rake in as much as US$1,100 a month, with about 10 per cent of the content related to the South China Sea dispute.
Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner issued a warning in June about an “alarming surge in disinformation campaigns” he said were designed to erode public trust “in our institutions and the government”.
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