Some people still remember him as Jasper from those TV commercials. Many more know him now as a social media strategist and firebrand.
Copying foreign legislation becomes a very poor substitute for confronting difficult domestic problems.
When people’s first instinct upon seeing news about murder, corruption, even genocide, is to scroll through the suite of react emojis and deliberately choose ‘haha,’ you know there’s a problem.
While the Philippines fell from the top spot of countries who spent the longest time on social media, average time spent scrolling actually went up, from 4 hours in 2020 to nearly 5 hours in 2025.