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Philippines Election: How TikTok Is Helping Bongbong Marcos

Duration: 06:14Views: 23.4KLikes: 352Date Created: May, 2022

Channel: TIME

Tags: ferdinand marcos election marcos misinformation facebook revisionism philippines election history ferdinand marcos jr.martial law filipinos bongbong marcos tiktok imelda marcos disinformation sara duterte philippines social media

Description: The Marcos family amassed as much as $10 billion in ill-gotten wealth according to the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Under the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, 70,000 “enemies of the state” were arrested, 34,000 were tortured, and more than 3,000 killed, according to Amnesty International. But through countless TikTok videos, and other social media posts, a false picture of stability and economic growth has been created that leaves many Filipino voters pining for the “better years” of the Marcos regime. Read more about the Philippines election and TikTok: ti.me/3KVbejM Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► ti.me/subscribe-time Subscribe to TIME: ti.me/3e7Uqs3 Get the day’s top headlines to your inbox, curated by TIME editors: ti.me/the-brief Follow us: Twitter: ti.me/3e9LS3L Facebook: ti.me/3FjmYus Instagram: ti.me/32klSQH

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