Here you go: What Happens When a Government Turns Facebook into a Weapon.
It is a rather long essay about the situation as happened Philippines when Rodrigo Duterte was elected and in his first year, fighting a leading journalist. Since that essay his attacks on Maria Ressa have gotten only worse, much driven by a mob of internet trolls too. TIME did elect her as one of their People of the Year because of this whole situation.
Trolls or state actors, these days I generally suspect the latter.
In Duterte's case they were both hired "trolls" and passionate volunteers.
In the Philippines "professional troll", meaning a social media person/blogger operating with a client agenda, goes back to as early as a 2011 interview by a then still relevant media outlet. Now owned by a biz friend of Duterte.
A lot of blame goes to Russian farms nowadays but the locals here definitely also generate more than respectable output volumes in that fake news industry. Low wages, highly skilled in social media.
Even Pope likes Duterte. Lol. Trolling at another level. It is all financial. People like Ressa will not get protection because they don't bring as much money as their opponents. I believe the matter is handled strictly on monetary terms, ignoring fairness and the voice of reason
I will give it a read, thank you😊