What is the Sonshine Media Network, who is Apollo Quiboloy, and how is he connected to Duterte and Marcos?

As social media giants like Facebook and Twitter play cat-and-mouse with coordinated keyboard warriors who spread disinformation, prop up political clients or smear their opponents, historical whitewashing is finding new homes.

VP Robredo is the “biggest victim” of disinformation, while former senator “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the beneficiary of positive but misleading messaging on social media, according to Tsek.ph.

"We were seduced, we were lured, we were hooked, and then, when we became captive audiences, we were manipulated to see what other people — people with vested interests and evil motives of power and domination — wanted us to see."

A University of Oxford study found that $200,000, around P10 million, was spent to hire trolls who would spread propaganda for President Rodrigo Duterte and target his opposition.

Increasingly, authoritarian regimes are deploying social media to disseminate official propaganda, crack down on dissent, and maintain their grip on power.