Govt may shut down FB if it’s being used by ‘trolls’


The country may “close down” Facebook if it is only being used by “trolls” to overthrow the government or attack its critics, Sen Richard Gordon said.

“Popularity is sometimes earned but popularity can also be manipulated,” he initially said yesterday over ABS-CBN News Channel when President Rodrigo Duterte’s popularity was mentioned.

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