The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict on Saturday warned the public against what it described as a deliberate and coordinated nationwide social media propaganda campaign linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines, its armed wing, the New People’s Army, and the National Democratic Front.
In a statement, NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Ernesto Torres Jr. said dozens of interlinked social media pages and sectoral organizations across the country have been pushing identical narratives, slogans, hashtags, visuals, and calls for action. He said the similarities point to centralized direction rather than spontaneous online activism.
Torres said the timing, language, and framing of the posts reflect what he described as a party-imposed propaganda line aimed at projecting relevance and strength in the digital space. He added that the messaging repeatedly uses ideological cues such as calls for armed struggle, revolutionary movements, and lightning rallies.
According to Torres, the content also includes recruitment-adjacent messaging directed at students, urban poor communities, and other vulnerable sectors. He said the pattern suggests a shift toward online platforms as the group struggles to regain support on the ground.
Torres said public response to the posts indicates the campaign has not gained broad support. He cited comments from netizens criticizing what they described as recycled narratives, hypocrisy, and the romanticization of violence, as well as the exploitation of youth.
He stressed that while dissent is protected in a democratic society, deception, grooming, and recruitment linked to political violence are not. Torres urged the public to remain vigilant by questioning coordinated online outrage, rejecting the normalization of violence as activism, and protecting young people from ideological manipulation.
He said peace and progress, he added, are built through accountability and democratic engagement rather than violence.
