The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) does not have the wherewithal to mount a massive social media campaign, as imagined by the NTF-Elcac in a recent statement. Unlike the NTF-Elcac, we do not, and cannot, set up troll farms, dozens of interlinked pages or engage in other expensive social media tactics to “orchestrate” and “synchronize” to make a solid dent on these platforms. That is more the NTF-Elcac’s speed, than the CPP and NPA.

The NTF-Elcac should remember that, through their representation, the CPP and NPA have long been censored from Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. All our attempts to set up accounts, pages or groups on these platforms have been shot down at every turn.

Any content linking to the website of the Party is automatically censored and prevented from being posted. Through the National Security Council and the National Telecommunications Commission, they even went to the extent of blocking the domain “cpp.ph” alongside other progressive websites in 2022, a move that was declared illegal and ordered rescinded by a recent court ruling.

In short, Marcos is up to it again! I myself haven’t been focused on social media in a while (in terms of observing critically) due to personal and academic matters, but this looks about expected considering who it’s for: Marcos Jr.

As always, I am suspicious of the online space surrounding the Filipino media due to this. Going into the comment sections of leftist media in, Facebook makes your brain go insane due to the reactionary brainrot in political contexts.