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Robredo lauds FB for taking down 'spam' pages, says more should be removed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 06:34 PM

MANILA -- Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday Facebook's recent move to take down pages violating its misrepresentation and spam policies was "good news" for Filipinos. Read more »

Facebook bans Twinmark Media, 220 pages for 'misrepresentation,' spam

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 05:54 PM

Facebook has banned digital marketing group Twinmark Media Enterprises and its subsidiaries for repeatedly violating its misrepresentation and spam policies and exhibiting “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” Read more »

Ilang pro-Duterte pages, tinanggal ng Facebook dahil sa spam, pamemeke

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 06:01 AM

Tinanggal ng Facebook ang higit 100 pages at accounts sa Pilipinas na lumabag sa kanilang spam at authenticity policies. Read more »

Removed Facebook pages, accounts may appeal shutdown: expert

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 12:19 AM

Users behind Facebook pages that were removed for alleged spam activities may appeal the social network's move, an internet and technology law expert said Tuesday. Read more »

Ilang pro-Duterte, pro-Marcos FB page tinanggal dahil sa 'pagkakalat ng spam'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 12:06 PM

Sa bisa ng mga ulat galing sa users at mga teknolohiya tulad ng machine learning at artificial intelligence, mas natutunton umano ng Facebook ang mga page na lumalabag sa kanilang mga polisiya.  Read more »

Facebook removes 95 pages, 39 accounts for spam, authenticity violations

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 10:53 AM

Facebook said the pages removed included names like Duterte Media, Duterte sa Pagbabago BUKAS, DDS, Duterte Phenomenon, DU30 Trending News, Hot Babes, News Media Trends, Bossing Vic, Pilipinas Daily News, Like and Win, Manang Imee, and Karlo ang Probinsiyano. Read more »

NPC flags Facebook after security breach affects 756,000 PH users

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 12:34 PM

The National Privacy Commission on Thursday ordered the social media giant Facebook to submit a Data Breach Notification Report and to provide "identity" insurance to affected Philippine-based data subjects.  Read more »

Facebook purges accounts to thwart deceit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 03:32 AM

Facebook on Thursday said it shut down 251 accounts for breaking rules against spam and coordinated deceit, some of it by ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate. Read more »

Twitter to confirm new accounts in spam fight

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 04:08 PM

The requirement will be rolled out later this year, and Twitter promised to make sure the change does not harm aspiring users in "high-risk" places. Read more »

San Miguel plans to make Spam in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 03:42 PM

San Miguel Corp is spending P742 billion to grow its food and beverage business, including manufacturing Spam luncheon meat locally, said its president, Ramon Ang. Read more »

Hormel Foods recall SPAM products after metal found in canned pork, chicken

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 02:15 PM

MANILA - US-based company Hormel Foods is recalling its canned pork and chicken products after four consumers reportedly found metals inside some of the cans. Read more »

Sex prank gets Canadian off New Zealand email list

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 22 03:19 PM

WELLINGTON -- A Canadian man sent out invitations to a fake swingers' sex party in a desperate attempt to get himself removed from a New Zealand golf club's mailing list. Read more »