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.