The Philippine National Police says it needs the help of Facebook in investigating duplicate accounts on the social media platform. Full story:
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police said on Tuesday, June 9, that it needs the help of Facebook in its investigation of duplicate accounts on the social media platform.
At the Laging Handa briefing, PNP chief General Archie Gamboa said that he has already ordered the police's anti-cybercrime unit to probe the dummy accounts. "We need the cooperation of Facebook administrators or may-ari ng Facebook para mapabilis ito. Kung hindi sila papahabulin agad pwede sila magdeactivate at magmomonitor na naman tayo,"created in their names without a profile photo nor friends. In some instances, their personal photos are used as profile pictures of the fake accounts.
"We still have to find out the connection because we don't want to conclude without appropriate basis. But once we can profile those who created the fake accounts, then we can have our own conclusions," Gamboa said in a mix of English and Filipino. The Department of Justice's Office of Cybercrime previously said that it will look into the matter. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra himseld had said the emergence of the fake accounts gave him
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