Surge in dummy accounts“We understand the concerns raised by our community in the Philippines,” the social media giant said. “We’re investigating reports of suspicious activity on our platform and taking action on any accounts that we find to be in violation of our policies.”The top four universities in Metro Manila all released statements on Sunday decrying the surge in dummy accounts among members of their communities.
The UP OSR said it was first notified about the issue by UP Cebu, where students peacefully protesting the passage of the antiterrorism bill were arrested on Friday on its campus. Two of those arrested—Bern Cañedo and Nar Porlas—were found to have at least 30 duplicate accounts on Facebook, sowing fear that this might involve identity theft or targeted attacks against UP Cebu students.
“It still had no profile picture of myself but had a picture of another different friend of mine. However, this time, my birth date can be publicly seen,” she said.Again, Corro reported it right away to Facebook as a fake account that again was also immediately pulled down. “And the next thing I saw, another account was created still with my name, but a profile picture of a different woman was placed.
“This gives me cause for worry. We don’t need false information at a time when we’re dealing with a serious public health crisis,” he said on Sunday.EngageMedia, a nonprofit organization that advocates digital rights, pointed the Inquirer to studies that had shown how “keyboard armies” pushed the present administration’s agenda.
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