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Philippines election: ‘Politicians hire me to spread fake stories’
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“In 2013, we spread fake news in one of the provinces I was handling,” he says, describing how he set up his client’s opponent. “We got the top politician’s cell phone number and photo-shopped it, then sent out a text message pretending to be him, saying he was looking for a mistress. Eventually, my client won.”