FORMER senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will file a libel suit against news website Rappler over its report alleging that he approached the highly-scrutinized political data company Cambridge Analytica to rebrand the Marcos Family’s image on social media. The Rodriguez statement follows:“The news story published by Rappler on July 15, 2020, on its website claiming that former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. approached then Cambridge Analytica is patently fake, false, and misleading. “Former senator Marcos never reached out to them and, like most of us, was only made aware of Cambridge Analytica’s existence through reports of its controversial activities in the media. “This move by Rappler to besmirch the former senator’s and the Marcos family’s reputation speaks to the kind of insidious reporting espoused by its convicted founder Maria Ressa. In the Rappler report, former Cambridge Analytica employee-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser revealed to Executive Editor Maria Ressa that Marcos had approached the highly-scrutinized political data company Cambridge Analytica to “rebrand” the Marcos family’s image on social media.

Source: Manila Times July 16, 2020 16:30 UTC