Philippines: Twitter suspends hundreds of accounts promoting Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jnr
- Twitter said it had used human reviews and technology in deciding to suspend more than 300 accounts and hashtags, adding its investigations were ongoing
- It said sharing political content or rallying people to do so via hashtags was within its rules, unless accounts were inauthentic, automated or paid for
Twitter said on Friday it had suspended hundreds of accounts that were promoting Philippines presidential election candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, which it said had violated rules on spam and manipulation.
Veteran politician Marcos, 64, the son of the late dictator overthrown in a 1986 “people power” revolution, has emerged as the lead candidate ahead of the May vote.
Twitter said it had used both human reviews and technology in deciding to suspend more than 300 accounts and hashtags, adding its investigations were ongoing.
“We remain vigilant about identifying and eliminating suspected information campaigns targeting election conversations,” a Twitter spokesperson said.
Marcos’s chief of staff, Vic Rodriguez, applauded Twitter for its work but stressed there was no certainty all the accounts belonged to supporters of Marcos.