Oxford University is 'for stupid people', claims Philippines president
2017-07-28 08:52:39 source：Independent
July 27, 2017
The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has labelled Oxford University as a “school for stupid people” following a disagreement over a research paper detailing his social media habits.
According to the university’s report “Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation”, Mr Duterte has spent the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds on hiring social media trolls to promote and defend him on Twitter.
Academics Samantha Bradshaw and Professor Philip N. Howard found Mr Duterte had used automated bot accounts to post supportive messages on social media during his 2016 president campaign, and continues to do so now he is in power.
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