the popular Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for a possible violation of the Bayanihan Act, the law which granted Duterte special powers.to Malacañang if he could allow tricycles to operate in his city to ferry frontliners and people with emergencies – a pitch that several executive officials rejected.and abide by orders issued by his office and the government’s coronavirus task force.
Their mapping of the hashtag below shows a wide range of interest groups engaging with the hashtag, with the majority of these segments being largely non-political and clustered instead on entertainment and cultural topics. Yet despite this, according to Atienza, Duterte and other government officials have been unable to foster a sense of unity.
Map/Network visualization of participants in #OustDuterte colored and segmented as interest groups. The majority of the map is composed of entertainment and cultural interest segments that lack the density typically observed in politically coordinated accounts. The sense of frustration and Filipinos’ apprehension over uncertainty brought by the pandemic drowned out any response that attempted to express support for the government’s response.
Data showed the #OustDuterteNow trend was largely organic and participatory with little signs of manipulation or coordination. This pointed to a groundswell of negative public sentiments against the President’s handling of the crisis, with users who typically did not discuss politics joining in on these conversations.Signs that propaganda tactics were failing were seen in mid-March when discontent online began to stir.
This time around, however, this attempt was not met with the usual silence. #ProtectVico quickly trended online, generating over 37,000 tweets from almost 22,900 users. It then snowballed into an online campaign targeting Mocha Uson, with users encouraging everyone to report her blog on Facebook in an attempt to close it down.. People speculated that she might have deactivated the page herself.
The most retweeted tweets to feature either hashtag were in support of Sotto's actions to control the COVID-19 outbreak or were used to counter criticism from blogger Mocha Uson. When it came to the Duterte administration’s handling of the outbreak – genuine online users drowned out propaganda tactics.
What propaganda? This is false, malicious, and idiotic. Rappler is pure garbage for politicking during a pandemic.
TBH, it doesn't take a 'data scientist' to know that hashtags promoting Duterte ain't really organic.
While shaping public opinion is important, this focus on trolls is just a waste of money. Give results so people will keep quiet.
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