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                    [ArticleID] => 2363534
                    [Title] => Probe sought on harm caused by US' secret anti-vax campaign in the Philippines
                    [Summary] => A congressional probe is now being sought into the damages caused by the United States military's secret campaign to reportedly incite fears of China-made vaccines among Filipinos at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic — an operation believed to have been deadly in the vaccine-hesitant country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-17 17:59:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/06/28/manila-vaccination-2_2021-06-28_14-02-1343_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2361814
                    [Title] => Here’s why the hate train vs Vice Ganda raised suspicions of a ‘demolition job’
                    [Summary] => Here’s what the so-called “demolition job” against Vice Ganda teaches us about two common strategies used to attack a personality.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-10 16:30:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/06/10/vice-ganda-june-4-2024_2024-06-10_16-38-15134_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2361800
                    [Title] => Chinese accounts pounce on Mindanao secession issue to warn of 'civil war' in Philippines   
                    [Summary] => The call to secede Mindanao triggered not just a flurry of controversy among Filipinos. It also fed a coordinated campaign by Chinese social media users to spread rumors of a supposed civil war in the Philippines caused by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s “provocations.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-10 12:41:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/06/10/mindanao-secessionpic_2024-06-10_16-09-54_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2361039
                    [Title] => Chinese media pushes 'Philippines as aggressor’ narrative before viral Marcos deepfake
                    [Summary] => A relentless months-long campaign by Chinese state media to depict the Philippines as the aggressor in the South China Sea preceded the viral spread of the “deepfake” audio of Marcos allegedly ordering an attack on China.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-08 09:35:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/06/07/marcos-deepfake-image_2024-06-07_21-07-5434_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2332806
                    [Title] => Rumors of ABS-CBN’s franchise ‘renewal’ weaponized in Romualdez-SMNI feud
                    [Summary] => While the majority of posts about ABS-CBN’s supposed comeback did not have a political angle, a few known hyperpartisan vloggers seized upon the rumor of ABS-CBN’s franchise “renewal” to either accuse Romualdez of having a hidden agenda or claim that SMNI played a hand in the non-renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-12 10:50:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/02/12/abscbn_2024-02-12_10-33-08961_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2328709
                    [Title] => ‘Polvoron’ campaign emerges amid Marcos-Duterte political tussle
                    [Summary] => From late December 2023 to January 2024, anonymous accounts flooded several social media platforms with hundreds of posts and videos claiming, without proof, that the president had been caught on video using illegal substances and that this would be used to unseat him from office.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-01-26 12:45:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/01/26/polvoron-report_2024-01-26_12-07-39375_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2327000
                    [Title] => Influence ops target journalists, expert as China vessels patrol West Philippine Sea
                    [Summary] => Filipino reporters and a known maritime expert received a barrage of messages from unidentifiable sources in 2023 that attempted to divert public attention away from Chinese vessels’ actions in the West Philippine Sea to Vietnam’s supposed “militarization” there. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-01-19 13:12:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/01/19/vietnam-emails_2024-01-19_12-16-23241_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2316405
                    [Title] => Anonymous accounts flood WPS discourse with ‘CIA agent’ accusations vs PCG spox
                    [Summary] => Among others, the posts appear to focus on flooding the discourse on Chinese vessels’ behavior in the West Philippine Sea with accusations that Tarriela is providing intelligence services to the US government.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-04 16:49:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/12/04/tarriela-wps-lead2023-12-0415-43-07_2023-12-04_19-05-56702_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2313127
                    [Title] => Social media giants' 'fake news' policies failed to prevent disinformation during 2022 elections — study
                    [Summary] => Social media platforms' overemphasis on weeding out false content to counter disinformation failed to combat the coordinated spread of false and twisted narratives in favor of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the 2022 elections, a new study on disinformation has found.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-11-21 09:01:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/12/13/bong-bong-marcos-president-photo-russell-palma2021-10-0616-28-332021-11-0911-18-06_2021-12-13_15-51-51881_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2309596
                    [Title] => Pro-Duterte accounts push survey showing Rody as top Senate bet in 2025
                    [Summary] => Different social media accounts, including known pro-Duterte internet personalities, have been amplifying survey findings that position former president Rodrigo Duterte as the top senatorial candidate in the 2025 polls. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-11-09 15:30:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805315
                    [AuthorName] => Jeline Malasig
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/11/07/rodrigo-duterte-senate-2025_2023-11-07_11-34-21402_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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