Philippines vulnerable to Russia's disinformation playbook used in Ukraine, study warnsThe Chinese and Russian national flags (R) are seen on the international logistics billboard in Ritan International Trade Center in Beijing on March 22, 2022. Lithuanian data analytics firm RepSense analyzed 287,487 traditional media mentions and 786,691 social media comments between January and October 2025. Where Moscow pushed "proxy war" narratives in Ukraine, Katkus said China-aligned accounts frame the Philippines as "Asia's Ukraine" or a "U.S. puppet state." "Almost each of these checkboxes, it checks for Philippines," Katkus said. I find it very difficult to believe that the platforms don't know about the existence of such accounts," Katkus said.

Source: Philippine Star January 20, 2026 01:41 UTC