The stunning arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by Interpol on March 11 has unleashed a torrent of disinformation across social media. Fabricated claims and misleading narratives widely cast him as a victim of injustice in an effort to garner public support.
Several posts online are misleading claiming that the PNP has a memo explicitly forbidding its personnel from voicing out support for Duterte.
Quote cards attributed to movie and TV series characters defending Rodrigo Duterte have become viral online. These are fake.
The ICC proceedings on Duterte and his bloody war on drugs are ongoing.
An FB post falsely claims that former president Rodrigo Duterte was "kidnapped" due to lack of documents of his arrest.
Clips of Catholic devotees during processions in Quiapo and Cebu City are being passed off as marches supporting former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Several social media users posted a statement from United States President Donald Trump allegedly supporting former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte following his arrest on the strength of a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is fake.
A YouTube video falsely claimed that the ICC has convicted former president Rodrigo Duterte and sentenced him to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
The disinformation game plan now appears to have shifted to undermining the ICC, linking it to the leftist groups in the Philippines, and questioning its objectivity to destroy its credibility.
Duterte would rather see women as subjects of his male domination.The reality has changed overnight. As fate would have it, all three judges sitting for his pre-trial in the International Criminal Court are women.
