"'Di kita stan (You're not my stan)." This was Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque's response to opposition Senator Franklin Drilon after the latter labeled him a "troll" for asking him to explain the previous Aquino administration's purchase of personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth at least...
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter should require their users to include their real names on their accounts so they will be more responsible and refrain from posting fake and malicious news, as well as in attacking groups and personalities on the platform, retired former Supreme Court Senior...
Vice President Leni Robredo called on the government, political parties, and Filipinos to unite amidst the threats of the pandemic and the political upheavals that sow discord and disagreements. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) The country’s second-highest official...
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio believes that opposition candidates are “afraid” of President Duterte’s internet trolls so most of them will decide on their political plans by late September. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio...
Malacañang saying the Senate can investigate "all they want" the reports that public funds were being used to fund troll farms that spread misinformation through social media. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after 12...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will not be spared in the proposed Senate investigation into the proliferation of allegedly state-funded trolls. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Panfilo Lacson said he will also raise issues in the PCOO when...
Twelve senators are calling for an investigation on reports that public funds are being spent on troll farms that spread misinformation thru social media. (Dawid Sokolowski/UNSPLASH) Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, and...
Communications Undersecretary Kris Ablan confirmed that the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) had hired 375 contract-of-service (COS) personnel in 2020 but insisted that the agency has no trolls. PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan (ANC Screenshot) Ablan made the statement after the...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III raised concern on Monday, June 21, about the proliferation of so-called "troll farms" on social media ahead of the 2022 national and local elections. (Brett Jordan/UNSPLASH) Sotto said social media giant Facebook should shut down such operations at least until...
Although she remains critical of President Duterte about some “non-negotiable” issues, Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, May 24, said she tries to choose her battles because she doesn’t want to be a divisive figure. President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the existence of “troll farms” coupled with the proliferation of false information on the Internet are putting a damper on the Filipino voters ability to be discerning of political candidates during the elections. Besides being effortlessly swayed by...
Sharon Cuneta Singer-actress Sharon Cuneta won’t turn the other cheek to her online bashers. "The 'right people' meaning the wrongest of the wrong. Yung mga bising-busy sa paninira sa akin ngayon na trolls. Yung mga pinagkakalat na laos na ako, pero follow naman ng follow sa akin at...
