Fake News in the Philippines, with Jonathan Corpus Ong

Carnegie Council Podcasts - A podcast by Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

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Who are behind the fake news and political disinformation campaigns that plague the Philippines? "They're not exactly who you think," says Jonathan Corpus Ong, co-author of a recent study on this. The most important players are not the notorious bloggers and social media influencers as you might expect. "The people who are the chief architects of network disinformation are people in the ad and public relations (PR) industry."