This lecture examines how disinformation can evolve into complex influence operations where foreign narratives exploit domestic political divisions and converge with local interests and networks in a strategically located Southeast Asian country, the Philippines.
Drawing on original reporting by journalists from a leading news organization, it explores China- and Russia-linked campaigns, the role of influencers and commercial actors, and how the country’s media and civil society are responding.
Speakers:
Camille Diola
Camille Diola is editor-in-chief of Philstar.com and Interaksyon, two of the Philippines' most prominent news outlets. She has led initiatives examining and responding to disinformation, such as co-founding the Philippines' first fact-checking network and enabling fact-checking, investigative reporting, and audience-focused digital projects. She pursued media business and news sustainability at Arizona State University in the United States as a Fulbright-Humphrey fellow.
Rosette Adel
Rosette Adel is a Manila-based journalist and editor with more than a decade of experience in digital journalism. She helps lead news coverage for Philstar.com and Interaksyon, shaping fast, accurate, and audience-focused reporting on Philippine politics, tourism, heritage, and other major national issues. Her work also advances the newsroom's fact-checking and mobile journalism initiatives. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the Asian Center for Journalism at Ateneo de Manila University, which she completed as a Konrad Adenauer Stiftung fellow.
Event details:
Date: October 8, 2026
Time: 10:20 AM
Location: Assembly Hall, T2 (SNR-II) 209
The lecture is open to all. Everyone is welcome to join!
