I’ve been asked to weigh in on the explosion of dummy accounts on Philippines Facebook especially in the wake of #JunkTerrorBillNow. Having tracked the evolution of disinfo campaigns since 2016, this is alarming as it represents a *break* from previous strategy. 1/8 Our recent NATO Stratcom study highlighted that in 2019 there was little evidence of automated influence; instead the strategies were 1) using micro-influencers and infiltrators of closed groups to manually seed narratives and 2) doubling-down on DDS-vs-dilawan rhetoric. 2/8