Editing Attack ad (section)

=== Philippines ===
During the [[2016 Philippine general election|2016 general election]] campaign, presidential candidate and [[Senate of the Philippines|Senator]] [[Antonio Trillanes]] launched negative advertisements that featured six children against presidential candidate and [[Mayor of Davao City|Davao City Mayor]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] on [[ABS-CBN]] a few days before the election on May 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/05/16/anti-duterte-ad-causes-uproar-online|title=Anti-Duterte ad causes uproar online|work=ABS-CBN News|access-date=May 7, 2016|date=May 5, 2016}}</ref>

The 30-second advertisement showing each of the six children (four boys and two girls) briefly criticizes the video clips shown: Duterte's remarks of "killing everybody", his cursing on [[Pope Francis]], yelling "Mabuhay ang [[New People's Army|NPA]]" ({{lit|Long live the NPA!}}), kissing a woman and his comments about the rape-slay on the Australian missionary, the remarks of his war on drug campaign "would be bloody" should Duterte elected president, and finally raising his blurred middle finger.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti Duterte TV Advertisement / Commercial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46B4e6c_hs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/P46B4e6c_hs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The advertisement drew criticism from Duterte's supporters on social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/131969-anti-duterte-ad-trillanes|title=Anti-Duterte ad by Trillanes riles up Duterte supporters|author=Pia Ranada|publisher=Rappler|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref> A 72-hour [[Injunction|temporary restraining order]] was issued by [[Taguig]] Regional Trial Court to stop ABS-CBN and its TV stations from airing the negative advertisement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/783789/cayetano-wins-tro-vs-anti-duterte-ads-but-word-war-goes-on|title=Cayetano wins TRO vs anti-Duterte ads, but word war goes on|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=May 7, 2016|date=May 7, 2016}}</ref> Duterte's running mate, vice-presidential candidate [[Alan Peter Cayetano]], accused President [[Benigno Aquino III]]; two other rivals, [[Mar Roxas]] and [[Grace Poe]]; and ABS-CBN of conspiracy for making the ad. Former PCOO Secretary [[Sonny Coloma]] denied the conspiracy claim made by Cayetano.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taguig RTC issues TRO vs. anti-Duterte ad
|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/565273/taguig-rtc-issues-tro-vs-anti-duterte-ad/story/|author=Trisha Macas|publisher=GMA News|date=2016-05-06|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> Prior to the airing of the ad, the [[ABS-CBN Corporation]] issued a statement that the ad had been reviewed to the ethics committee, complied with election laws, and was allowed to air. Later, [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5]] refused to air the controversial ad, the [[TV5 Network]] stating that the ad had not met requirements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/783574/abs-cbn-on-anti-duterte-tvc-we-are-duty-bound-to-air-legitimate-ad|title=ABS-CBN on 'anti-Duterte' TVC: We are duty-bound to air legitimate ad|author=Nestor Corrales|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=2016-05-06|access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/783655/tv5-we-didnt-air-anti-duterte-ad-due-to-unmet-requirements|title=TV5: Didn't air 'anti-Duterte' ad due to unmet requirements|author=Yuji Vincent Gonzales|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=2020-07-10}}</ref>

On February 24, 2020, during the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]] hearing on the [[ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy|ABS-CBN franchise renewal]], [[GMA Network (company)|GMA Network, Inc.]] First Vice President for Legal Affairs, Maria Luz Delfin clarified that the [[GMA Network]] had not aired the ad, stating that it was disapproved by the internal election committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/727172/gma-network-clarification-on-pamana-ad-against-duterte/story/|title=GMA Network clarification on ad against Duterte|publisher=GMA News|date=February 24, 2020|access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref>