Months after TikTok banned MediaUnlocked, an affiliate channel of the Chinese state-run media giant China Daily, the page has been reinstated with its original number of followers and likes. However, all content related to the West Philippine Sea has apparently been deleted.
A YouTube channel made the false claim that the Philippines was bombed by China due to tensions in the West Philippine Sea.
More Filipinos would take the American position than side with China over the West Philippine Sea dispute, a recent survey has found.
Some say the Philippines may become a pawn in the dangerous chess game between the United States and China.
Artificial intelligence is China state media’s latest tool in its ongoing social media offensive to try to change negative public opinion globally on its actions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.