Public warned about fake Chavit Singson social media accounts

Antonio Iñares 11/07/2024

Senatorial candidate and billionaire Luis Chavit Singson had warned the public about the proliferation of fake social media accounts using his name and photos. He said that “scammers are impersonating him online.” In a recent post on…

DSWD alerts public on fake FB page offering jobs

Adrian Parungao 03/08/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday clarified that a Facebook account posing as the agency and offering job opportunities is fake. The account, not affiliated with DSWD, misleads users by…

PHLPost warns public of scammers impersonating a Post Office employee

PR 03/01/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Philippine Postal Corporation (Post Office) issued another warning to the public to be aware of scammers impersonating a Post Office employee who will call or message using a telephone/Mobile Phone, E-mail, Facebook,…

President warns Facebook: ’You cannot lay down a policy for my government‘

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 09/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines —“You cannot lay down a policy for my government,” President Rodrigo Duterte warned social media giant Facebook in a pre-recorded speech that aired Monday night. “I allow you to operate here. You cannot bar or…

NPC set to meet with Facebook PH over the surge of fake accounts

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 06/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines  — The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is set to meet with officials of Facebook Philippines to discuss the sudden surge of fake accounts on the social media site. In a statement on Saturday, NPC Commissioner…

Facebook: No malice in surge of fake accounts

06/12/2020

Facebook on Thursday said it had yet to discover proof of malicious activity in the apparent surge of fake accounts in the Philippines. “At this time, we have not seen evidence of the reported accounts engaging in…

PNP probes link of fake FB accounts to protests

Leila B. Salaverria - Inquirer.net 06/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa, said on Tuesday that the link between the recent proliferation of dummy Facebook accounts and the antiterror bill or destabilization attempts has yet to be established,…

RACU-7 urges netizens to report to Facebook duplicate, fake accounts

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Regional Anti-Cyber Crime Unit in Central Visayas (RACU-7) Police is urging netizens to report to Facebook duplicate accounts that started surfacing last June 7, 2020. Police Lieutenant Colonel Artemio Ricabo, deputy chief…

Is the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts a ‘prelude to a crackdown’?

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 06/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Is the sudden proliferation of fake Facebook accounts a prelude to a crackdown once the Anti-Terrorism Bill is enacted into law? House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Zarate raised this concern on Sunday after it…

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