ADVERTISEMENTHe said the data would be used as evidence should the affected individuals decide to file a criminal complaint against the creators of the dummy accounts. At least 112 people have complained to the DOJ that their Facebook accounts were duplicated by yet unknown hackers, Perete said. Antiterrorism billLorenzana pointed out that people against and for the terror bill were accusing each other of perpetrating the cloning of Facebook accounts. ADVERTISEMENTSen. Risa Hontiveros said that if the creators of the dummy accounts thought they could sow fear in the hearts of those opposing the terror bill, they were wrong. “This [surge in dummy Facebook accounts] is alarming in the sense that it could be part of scare tactics,” Lacson said in a television interview.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 08, 2020 20:59 UTC