MANILA, Philippines — Over 1,500 social media accounts owned and maintained by the Philippine National Police are still up and running after Facebook took down over a hundred accounts traced to the police and the military.
PNP chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan on Monday said that as of October 4, all 1,585 social media sites “officially owned and maintained by PNP units and offices” remain operational, though many of these are “not actively engaging with netizens.”
“All these sites are monitored by the National Headquarters and PNP units maintaining these social networking sites are constantly reminded to strictly observe PNP Rules on social media use, and cautioned against libelous posts and content that may trigger cyber-bullying, and those that infringe on civil rights that protect data privacy, intellectual property and confidentiality of information,” Cascolan said in a press briefing.
Cascolan said the police earlier asked the management of Facebook for a list of alleged PNP-linked accounts that were taken down due to “coordinated inauthentic behavior.”
He said their request has been acknowledged already by Facebook.
“In response to our concern, we received a reply from Mr. Rob Abrams, Trust and Safety Manager for Asia Pacific of Facebook Singapore, acknowledging our correspondence with implied assurance of availability of the requested information upon compliance of certain internal requisites,” Cascolan said.
“We have yet to hear from Facebook again since then but we are confident of their favorable response to our request,” he added.