CEBU CITY, Philippines – Filipinos in cities across the country reported duplicate accounts made in their name on Facebook on Saturday, June 6.
While initially thought to be limited to Cebu and the Central Visayas areas, and activists and the politically vocal, it turns out that the duplicate Facebook accounts have been reported nationwide. Even non-activists and apolitical active accounts have also reported duplicate accounts.While students and activists were the first ones to alert, more non-students and non-activists also found duplicate accounts in their names.The dummy accounts have the same format: first last name and a number.
Duplicate accounts were reported in areas from residents of Metro Manila, Iloilo, Dumaguete, and Cagayan de Oro City, among other areas.
Sino ang nag propose ng 1000 pesos para sa Human Rights budget? Ano ang kinalaman ni Marcoleta dito?
Hello CNN AlJazeera BBCWorld, please cover this newsbeat from the Philippines. If it’s happening here, it’s likely happening in other countries as well. Facebook is no longer a safe environment and is being weaponized by the state against its citizens!
Wee gawa2x nyo lang yan... kami pa lokohin nyo. Ano gingawa ni F*ck checker maria ressa.
Bising-bisi ang mga YUDIPOTATOchips na trolls at mga amo nila. Mga walang kaluluwa!😠😠😠
Facebook facebookapp fb_engineering fbnewsroom You are making it too easy for the trolls. What are you doing to prevent abuse and weaponization of social media?
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