Will Philippines’ anti-disinformation bills empower state to ‘decide the truth’?
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“The Philippines is weighing a new anti-disinformation law”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about the Philippines considering an anti-disinformation law.
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr asked Congress to prioritize 21 measures including an anti-disinformation law”
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Wikipedia entries about Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Marcos family do not mention any request to Congress for 21 measures including an anti-disinformation law.
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— Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines …
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— The Marcos family of Ilocos Norte (UK: MAR-koss, US: -kohss, -kawss, Tagalog: [ˈmaɾkɔs]) is a political family in the Philippines. They have established themselves in the country's politics, havin…
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— Recently, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. marked the 52nd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines, a period that remains highly controversial in the nation's history…
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“A 2017 University of Oxford study said his campaign had spent US$200,000 on trolls”
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Wikipedia entries about Rodrigo Duterte's presidency and Sass Rogando Sasot do not reference a 2017 University of Oxford study about troll spending.
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— The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP, lit. 'Philippine Democratic Party'), formerly and still commonly referred to as PDP–Laban, is a populist political party in the Philippines founded in 1982. It w…
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— Rodrigo Duterte's six-year tenure as the 16th President of the Philippines began on the noon of June 30, 2016, succeeding Benigno Aquino III. He was the first president from Mindanao, the first presid…
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— Sass Rogando Sasot is a Filipino blogger and transgender rights activist who is a Diehard Duterte Supporter known for spreading disinformation. She is co-founder of the Society of Trans Women of the P…
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“Congress has 14 bills filed in the House of Representatives and 11 in the Senate”
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— The House of Representatives (Nepali: प्रतिनिधि सभा, romanized: Pratinidhi Sabhā; Nepali pronunciation: [prʌt̪inid̪ʱi‿sʌbʱa]) is the lower house of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Nepal, with the …
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— This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of February 2, 2026, the 119th Congress). The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives fr…
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— The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have …
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“House Bill 2697 is the 'Anti-Fake News and Disinformation Act' filed by Representative Ferdinand Alexander Marcos”
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“The impact of troll networks, paid influence and covert political amplification is already well known in the Philippines”
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