Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has permanently suspended 24 out of 25 Chinese-named accounts that were previously identified in an investigative report by PressOnePH. as part of a coordinated disinformation campaign targeting President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
Pro-China X (formerly Twitter) accounts are running a coordinated campaign against President Marcos Jr. and the Philippines’ West PH Sea efforts while amplifying content favoring VP Sara Duterte.
China is attempting to create a buffer zone in the South China Sea, militarizing artificial islands to keep away the US and its allies from patrolling the strategic waterway where about $3 trillion worth of annual trade passes.
The Philippines must have an integrated air defense system to cover 100% of the country’s Philippines Air Defense Identification Zone (PADIZ) as well as have an effective maritime domain awareness.
The Philippines must prepare now before it is caught with its pants down.
Together with the Army and the Air Force, the US Navy has been upgrading its capability to increase deterrence and discourage China from its plan to invade Taiwan by 2027.