The poll body will come up with guidelines to compute the social media ads of candidates who are expected to turn to social media due to pandemic restrictions against mass gatherings. “There’s a lot of reliance on social media as a campaign platform, which is difficult for Comelec to compute in terms of campaign expenses. “We are looking for a way to compute ads through social media like Facebook and Twitter … We cannot regulate the use of social media [for campaigning]. Comelec limits authorized campaign spending depending on the position and all candidates are mandated to submit their campaign expenses after the elections. Guanzon, one of the six Comelec commissioners, said she would like to have the social media campaign guidelines in place before her term ends on Feb. 2 next year.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 11, 2021 20:50 UTC