Frenchie Mae’s arrest, prolonged detention, and eventual conviction for terror financing – based largely on testimonial evidence – form part of a broader pattern: the use of terror-tagging and anti-terror laws to blur the line between journalism and criminality. This practice did not end with the Duterte administration. Despite having the power to reverse course, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has failed to dismantle the mechanisms that allow such prosecutions to persist.

Let us eat BBM rice, live in a BBM housing unit, buy medicine at a Botika at Bakuna para sa Mamamayan outlet, and get a BBM haircut. While it is unlikely that Bongbong has explicitly ordered his underlings (and their underlings) to come up with (P)BBM programs, he certainly is not discouraging them from naming things after him

Sa special episode ng What The F?! Podcast, tatalakayin ng VERA Files kasama si Engr. Ben Hur Pintor – Digital security advocate at Co-founder ng Smart CT, kung paano nakakaapekto ang paglaganap ng AI sa matagal ng problema ng disimpormasyon at anu-ano ang pwedeng gawin para mapalakas ang digital literacy sa bansa.