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.
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Inside Guo-Tok: How TikTok fan accounts whitewashed Alice Guo’s image amid POGO probe
A VERA Files investigation uncovered a network of 45 TikTok accounts that exhibited signs of a coordinated campaign from May to December 2024 to boost Guo’s reputation as a progressive leader and defend her innocence, amid the probe on her alleged links to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) during this period.
FACT CHECK: Clip of Alice Guo criticizing Marikina mayoral bet FAKE
A clip of dismissed mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac supposedly criticizing Marikina City Rep. Maan Teodoro is circulating on Facebook. This is fake.
FACT CHECK: Alice Guo quote card on 2025 budget report FAKE
A fake quote card circulating online claims that dismissed mayor Alice Guo challenged Sen. Risa Hontiveros to investigate the alleged blank items in the bicameral report of the 2025 national budget.
FACT CHECK: NO order to deport Alice Guo to China
A YouTube video falsely claims that dismissed mayor Alice Guo will be deported to China.
FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Bong Go na ‘kontra’ siya sa mga POGO hindi totoo
Si Go ay isa sa 17 senador na bumoto noong Hunyo 2, 2021 para sa Senate Bill No. 2232, na kinikilala ang pagiging lehitimo ng offshore online gaming at pagpapataw ng buwis sa mga POGO.
FACT CHECK: Bong Go falsely claims he has been ‘against’ POGOs
Go was one of the 17 senators who voted on June 2, 2021 for Senate Bill No. 2232, recognizing the legitimacy of offshore online gaming and taxing the POGOs.
FACT CHECK: Gawa gamit ng AI ang ‘group hug’ video nina Alice Guo at mga hepe ng DILG, PNP
AI-generated ang video na nagpapakitang niyakap nina DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos at PNP Chief Rommel Marbil si Alice Guo.
FACT CHECK: Group hug vid of Alice Guo, PNP, DILG chiefs made with AI
The video that showed Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and PNP Chief Rommel Marbil hugging Alice Guo is AI-generated.
Alice Guo back at the Senate
The controversial Alice Guo, the dismissed mayor of Bamban, Tarlac arrived at the Philippine Senate Monday, Sept. 9, wearing a bullet-proof vest for the continuation of the probe on the POGO.
