Manicad: Defamatory opinions on social media should be removed

MANILA, Philippines — Social media should have a mechanism to trace fake and troll accounts so that defamatory opinions are stricken out, senatorial candidate and former TV journalist Jiggy Manicad said Tuesday.

“Social media should have a mechanism kung paano natin hahanapin talaga yung mga trolls na yan, yung mga fake accounts na yan,” Manicad said in an interview over ABS CBN News Channel when asked if social media should be regulated.

He explained that though opinions on social media could not be regulated, the ones that are “defamatory” should be stricken out

He then urged netizens to have “intelligent opinions” on social media.

“Hindi tayo pwede magregulate ng opinion ng iba eh. Pero yung talagang masyadong defamatory na, masyadong nakakasira na, wala nang kakwenta kwenta nagmumuura ka lang, i-strike out na yang mga yan,” he added.

“Let’s have intelligent opinions on social media. hindi yung parang kung anu ano na lang, maka-bash ka alng, magtroll ka lang,” he added. /muf