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The TikTok campaign to rebrand ‘POGO Mayor’ Alice Guo

When Alice Guo rolled her eyes in Congress, a wave of TikTok “fan accounts” turned that moment into “napindot na si anger”—and helped recast her image just as she faced serious allegations.

By Bella Perez-Rubio

Jun 23, 2025

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When Alice Guo rolled her eyes in Congress, a wave of TikTok “fan accounts” turned that moment into “napindot na si anger”— and helped recast her image just as she faced serious allegations. Journalist Nica Hanopol of VERA Files joins Teka Teka to unpack how these coordinated posts worked to whitewash the POGO mayor narrative.
Read the full investigation here.

This episode was first published by PumaPodcast on June 17.

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