The Lab: reports, analysis and briefs

CIRIS's research arm. Everything it publishes on disinformation, misinformation and malign influence (DMMI) in the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific lives here, in the open, to read, cite and share.

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May 2026

The Sanjia raid: the facts, the risks, and the war on your mind

Three misleading frames are circulating about the court-authorized raid at Phil. Sanjia Steel.

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Brief

2026

The Philippines' radioactive steel, and the disinformation campaign that followed

Brief

April 2026

Operation "Vacant Light": the death hoax campaign, and how it worked

Guide

March 2026

Protecting yourself and your workplace: defending against foreign intelligence recruitment

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Brief

May 2026

The Sanjia raid: the facts, the risks, and the war on your mind

Three misleading frames are circulating about the court-authorized raid at Phil. Sanjia Steel.

Brief

2026

The Philippines' radioactive steel, and the disinformation campaign that followed

China banned induction-furnace rebar at home in 2017. In 2026 Philippine rebar tested positive, and the evidence was called fake.

Brief

April 2026

Operation "Vacant Light": the death hoax campaign, and how it worked

A three-month information operation targeting the health and continuity of the Marcos administration, and how its techniques worked.

Guide

March 2026

Protecting yourself and your workplace: defending against foreign intelligence recruitment

The four stages, the everyday red flags, and what to do if you or a colleague is approached.

Analysis

June 2026

The anatomy of a disinformation field test: the "weaponization" of the deaths of Rene and Divine

How hyperpartisan vloggers, anonymous profiles and suspicious pages latched onto two deaths at Ateneo.

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