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Another administration lawmaker questioned Facebook over censorship issues amid efforts by the social media giant to block suspected troll farms that are being blamed for the spread of fake news and disinformation in the Philippines, the world’s No. 1 social media user. Deputy Speaker and Bagong...

A think tank head said on Saturday, July 17, that potential candidates for the May 2022 polls don’t need a troll army, but they need volunteers like ordinary people who will fight back against the trolls. Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit, president of Stratbase Albert Del Rosario Institute for...

“Unbelievable!” Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite gave this reaction to the denial of the Presidential Communications Operations Office that none of the 375 contractual employees it hired last year was assigned to a troll farm. Facebook troll PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan aired the denial after...