How protest technology is being used by the leaderless movement in Hong Kong
Originally published at Manila Times, Sunday Business and IT, September 15, 2019 After the failure of the Umbrella Revolution in 2014, Hong Kong (HK)...
Hongkong activist Joshua Wong on their cause on democracy #StandWithHongkong
The opportunity to meet Hongkong’s pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong at the Humboldt University on September 11 was just too good to pass up. The “Germany...
Disinformation innovations used in the May 2019 Philippine elections
Three months after the May 2019 elections, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results showed 80 percent were satisfied with the conduct of the elections....
But what is the Digital Divide?
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of our friend and colleague Juned Sonido. He was a co-founder and Editorial Board Member of...
On Vico Sotto: From #ibaNaman to #ibaNa
Several pleasant surprises and upsets happened a few hours after voting ended on May 13, 2019. While awaiting in frustration for the media report from...
Get out and vote!
We must not just vote. We must use all our powers as social media users to encourage others to vote and to guard the vote....
May 13, 2019 election monitoring: What to report
I will be at Kontra Daya Election monitoring center. One can report incidents on vote-buying, harassment, illegal campaigning, malfunctioning Vote Counting Machine (VCM), and Voters’...
Social media and its impact on Philippine elections
Now that the Philippine election day is next week, would social media have an impact in informing, and mobilizing voters? Or convince them to vote...
Fighting back election-related disinformation by sharing the truth
This is my presentation for “Fighting election-related disinformation” for Kontra Daya’s People’s Assembly Against Election Fraud held today at St. Thomas Hall, Colegio de San...
The only survey that matters is the one on May 13, 2019
In his book, The Opinion Makers, David Moore makes the startling conclusion that pollsters “do not measure public opinion, they manufacture it.” He anchors this...
Truth-telling in the age of disinformation
An inconvenient truth is that the May 13 elections may again be a manifestation of our people’s political literacy, as mentioned by former ombudsman Conchita...
What party-list group should I vote for in the May 13, 2019 elections? Download this guide.
Download Voter’s guide to the 2019 party-list elections What is the party-list system in the first place? The party-list system of election was intended by...
I’m voting for the opposition, here’s why
In the past three elections, I never shared my list of Senate candidates because I wanted to stay neutral. Instead, I came out with a...
Generosity & patience made me reconsider the senatorial candidates to vote for this upcoming May 2019 elections
I came across Ding Velasco’s post from Inday Varona’s timeline.The post struck me because it was generosity and patience from my readers that made me...
How to vote in the May 13 elections
Do you know how to vote? You think marking a small circle is a simple enough task? Check your precinct, polling center, voter status https://www.gov.ph/web/precinctfinder...