MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging Facebook to have a meeting with concerned government agencies on its takedown of fake pages and accounts linked to the military and police. Facebook earlier announced the shutdown of 57 fake domestic accounts and 31 pages on its platform, as well as 20 Instagram accounts, that tackled criticism of the political opposition, activism, and communism. Año said the DILG is also concerned with Facebook’s “sense of fairness” in its action. ADVERTISEMENTDuterte earlier questioned the continuous operations of Facebook in the Philippines after its takedown of what he referred to as the government’s “advocacy” accounts and pages. Malacañang later clarified Duterte’s pronouncement and said he was only seeking a meeting with representatives of Facebook and did not intend to shut down the social media giant’s operations in the country.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 05, 2020 07:52 UTC