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Does Rodrigo Duterte Owe His Success To Facebook?
- Bloomberg, Thursday, December 7, 2017 6:14 PM
Bloomberg attributes the popularity of Rodrigo Duterte to Facebook, among other factors. Regarding the president of the Philippines, who has a track record of human-rights abuses, it writes: “He hired strategists who helped him transform his modest online presence, creating an army of Facebook personalities and bloggers worldwide.” More broadly, “The Philippines is prime Facebook country -- smartphones outnumber people, and 97 percent of Filipinos who are online have Facebook accounts.”
