Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon made a rather cryptic--but clearly comedic--post on Facebook Friday, June 5 wherein he uploaded a photo of a luggage ("maleta") filled with ripe mangoes and a wig collection for men. This was a day after Ridon ' name and those of other House members...
Meta is expanding its teen safety infrastructure, bringing restrictive content controls that launched last October to a global audience, and extending them beyond Instagram to Facebook and Messenger. The company is also introducing a new content-balance feature designed to stop teenagers from being...
Meta has announced their subscription plans for their apps. They will be rolling out Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus, as part of their broader push to offer tools across their apps and AI products. Those who will benefit from these Plus plans the most would be businesses and...
The Philippine government has issued a firm warning to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, along with WhatsApp and Threads, after the tech giant 's formal response to a joint government request was deemed insufficient in addressing the rapid spread of disinformation across its...
In the span of a single week last March, two American juries looked at the same company and arrived at the same conclusion. A jury in Los Angeles found Meta and Google guilty of harming young users by deliberately building their platforms with addictive design features. Days earlier, a separate...
Quezon City police recovered a stolen Yamaha Aerox linked to a fraudulent motorcycle swap deal on Facebook Marketplace. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) District Anti-Carnapping Unit, in coordination with the Mabitac Municipal Police Station, recovered the unit and returned it to its owner...
From the point of view of the law enforcement agency at cybercrime frontline, requiring social media firms to implement stricter regulations to shield their platform from fake news and disinformation is a welcome development. And that’s what officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) felt...
Whoever netizen "Mark Evardone" is, or the actual person controlling his Facebook account, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has identified him to be a bonafide troll army member. So what does Ridon do? He calls the person out for not doing his job properly. In a recent Facebook post, Ridon...
Filipino internet personality Kween Yasmin drew widespread attention after announcing she was pregnant on March 26, only to later say that she was not. The updates circulated quickly online, prompting a mix of confusion, concern, and speculation among social media users. Kween is known for her...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has once again taken the internet by storm after his virtual tour of the newly built E. Santos Health Center earned praise and laughter from netizens on Sunday, March 8. In a Facebook video posted on his official page, Sotto was seen conducting a virtual tour of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) has warned the public against fake Facebook posts claiming there will be a lockdown due to monkeypox (Mpox), stressing that the virus is not airborne and there is no need for such measures. In an official advisory on Saturday, May 31, the DOH said that lockdowns are...
Antipolo City 2nd Rep. Romeo Acop (Contributed photo) Antipolo City 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop said that Meta, formerly Facebook; and other social media platforms should show a level of responsibility for fake news and posts that have...
