Journalists vs. bloggers, round 2
Who is credible and who is not, here we go again This article was originally published at ASKSonnie.INFO under ‘2nd look’. The incoming Marcos Jr....
Bloggers need a collective set of ethical standards
I don’t know with the other bloggers especially those that covered Ferdinand Marcos Jr during the campaign but I set my own journalistic standards and...
Stratbase ADR Institute launches a book containing policy recommendations for the next President
The Philippines faces a multifaceted set of issues as a new administration is about to be ushered in on June 30, 2022. Stratbase Albert del...
Disinformation and social engineering thrive in the absence of empathy
The first version of this story appeared on ASKSonnie.INFO My soc med timeline is still topped with condescending politics, and it’s...
TrollExposer.com: Expose these trolls to fight disinformation
Fighting Fake News And Disinformation:Filipino-American Group Races to Unveil Large Army of Trolls Ahead Of The 2022 Philippine Presidential Elections. The group calls on Meta/Facebook...
All out for Leni, offline, online
These are the two campaign rallies I covered for presidential candidate Leni Robredo as accredited media. As early as October 7, 2021, I disclosed that...
Download the NAMFREL app and help ensure integrity of the 2022 elections
The spirit of volunteerism is everywhere and it is unlike anything seen before in an election. People are contributing, donating, volunteering time and effort for...
NAMFREL calls on COMELEC not to weaponize power and authority against the people
(Note: This statement was released April 25, 2022 by the National Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL. The statement came in the wake of a...
How online platforms are preparing us for PH elections
MOST voters are active in at least one of the four major social media networks. Removing accounts with coordinated inauthentic behavior or putting reporting mechanisms...
Non-political spaces can also spread disinformation – study
A NON-POLITICAL Facebook page allows me breathing space from all the online negative vibes. Before I wrote about technology and politics, I shared recipes on...
Diversify sources of news
Where do you get your news? According to the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) research, 79 percent of Filipinos said “they often get their news...
How Google combats disinformation & misinformation
“Fighting misinformation is important to Google and it takes the whole of society working together to address it. We will continue to forge meaningful partnerships...
“Ilaw ng Tahanan” Trends on Twitter during the Second #PiliPinasDebates2022
Twitter launched two new emojis activated by hashtags #NLE2022, #Halalan2022, and #VoteSAFEPilipinas Filipinos showed their support for their preferred presidential candidates by participating in the...
The fight vs disinformation intensifies
TWO important dates stood out last week. The Philippines connected to the internet for the first time on March 29, 1994. Twenty-eight years later, how...
Sa darating na halalan, ano ang panata mo sa katotohanan? #FactsFirstPH
The International Fact-checking day on April 2 is not a single event but a rallying cry for more facts – and fact-checking – in politics, journalism,...