A HOUSE of Representatives panel on Tuesday issued show cause orders against former press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles and several social media supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte for failing to attend a hearing on the spread of fake news and disinformation online.
Only three out of about 40 invited social media figures attended Tuesday's hearing conducted by the House Committees on Public Order and Safety, Information and Communications Technology, and Public Information on potential regulatory measures to curb misinformation on social media platforms.
The Joint Committees on Public Order and Safety, Information and Communications Technology, and Public Information hear alleged cybercrimes being committed by 'trolls' and 'malicious' social media vloggers against government officials and the public on Feb. 4, 2025. Among the influencers who were invited but failed to attend were Lorraine Badoy, former spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict; lawyer Trixie Cruz-Angeles, Glen Chong, Cathy Binag, and Allan Rogando Sasot. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE