{"id":85880,"date":"2017-01-19T02:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T07:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=85880"},"modified":"2017-01-19T02:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T07:35:47","slug":"trillanes-wants-online-trolls-fake-news-probed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/19\/trillanes-wants-online-trolls-fake-news-probed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trillanes wants online trolls, fake news probed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85881\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1530569_735605796451652_1967789247_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85881\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1530569_735605796451652_1967789247_n.jpg\" alt=\"Trillanes wants online trolls, fake news probed (Photo: Antonio &quot;Sonny&quot; Trillanes IV\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1530569_735605796451652_1967789247_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1530569_735605796451652_1967789247_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1530569_735605796451652_1967789247_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trillanes wants online trolls, fake news probed (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sonnytrillanes.official\/photos\/a.493419727336928.116866.135261979819373\/735605796451652\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Antonio &#8220;Sonny&#8221; Trillanes IV\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Amid the spread of fake news on social media, Sen. Antonio \u201cSonny\u201d Trillanes IV on Wednesday sought for a probe on \u201ctrolls\u201d which he claimed used the internet as a platform for personal or political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Under Senate Resolution No. 259, Trillanes seeks to \u201chold the authors, distributors and\/or purveyors of the same responsible and\/or accountable under the law for the contents they generate and\/or disseminate\u201d accountable.<\/p>\n<p>It also seeks to protect the public from \u201cfalse, erroneous, distorted, fabricated and\/or misleading news and information\u201d which could be used for \u201cmanipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trillanes\u2019 measure urges the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media to probe these online trolls and fake news.<\/p>\n<p>In his resolution, Trillanes lamented that social media has become a platform for political propaganda, deceit and manipulation instead of being a tool for empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>He described a social media troll as ones who \u201cdeliberately creates and\/or foments discord and conflict on social media sites\u201d through posting comments anonymously.<\/p>\n<p>The senator also claimed that these trolls were creating a \u201cculture of impunity online\u201d by making personal attacks and inappropriate language.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said that it also \u201cthreatens the viability and credibility of online journalism, with internet users having few mechanisms to filter news sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of social media trolls, the social media is now being used to create fabricated realities through a network of fake social media accounts intended for trolling and spreading of erroneous and misleading news and information,\u201d Trillanes said in his resolution.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that trolls earned as much as USD2,000 monthly for using fake accounts to manipulate social media content and discourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Amid the spread of fake news on social media, Sen. Antonio \u201cSonny\u201d Trillanes IV on Wednesday sought for a probe &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":85881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[13928,12568],"class_list":["post-85880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-antonio-sonny-trillanes-iv","tag-fake-news","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}