Pauline Macaraeg is a digital forensics researcher for Rappler. 

She has been covering online disinformation trends and information operations since May 2019, when she joined Rappler as a fact checker. Since then, her work has expanded from debunking dubious claims online to making sense of the bigger picture: probing the digital media space through data-driven techniques, investigating disinformation actors and trends, and analyzing content and networks on social media platforms.

Pauline Macaraeg

Basic information

Name
Pauline Macaraeg
Title
Digital Forensics Researcher
Expertise
Online disinformation, fact checking
Country
Philippines
City
Manila
Links

Supported projects

Diplomatic immunity and impunity

  • Exploitation
  • Human Rights
  • Migration
  • Trafficking

MANILA - “Immunity & Impunity: How Diplomats Get Away with Exploiting Domestic Workers” is a multi-country, multimedia investigative series that examines how diplomats exploit their foreign domestic workers and escape prosecution because of diplomatic immunity. It also reveals the complicity of sending countries in protecting diplomats implicated in domestic trafficking and exploitation.

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Diplomatic immunity and impunity