More articles about: trolls

Seems like everybody was tuned in to the hearing by the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, ostensibly to talk about #fakenews online. You can’t blame them, because it was entertaining—like watching the Senate equivalent of the Conor McGregor vs. ...

This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of Esquire Philippines.I’m probably the most hated online personality to date.It started with the super-riveting Philippine elections in 2016, after I coined the word “Dutertard” to describe the “lazy” and “delusional” followers of ...

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has claimed that trolls on popular social media platforms like Facebook earn up to $2,000 (roughly P100,000) per month just by spreading fake news.According to the senator, who is a constant target of online trolling, these individuals easily rack up cash ...