MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – During a 5-hour marathon hearing at the U.S. Senate, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that having a paid, ad-free version of Facebook is something worth considering.
Zuckerberg’s statement lit a bulb in Senator Grace Poe’s mind. Now she wants Facebook users in the Philippines to pay in order to have access to this popular social networking platform.
Poe is chair of a Senate Committee that has been holding hearings on the proliferation of fake news in the country.
“By imposing a hefty fee to use Facebook, purveyors of fake news as well as trolls and bots will be discouraged from engaging in their deceitful practice,” Poe told The Adobo Chronicles.
Just how much is a “hefty’ fee, the Senator would not dare say.
But it will certainly save lots of taxpayer money spent on these endless yet fruitless Senate hearings on fake news.
HAINAN, China (The Adobo Chronicles, Hong Kong Bureau) – Remember that 2016 speech by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte while in China when he introduced BongBong Marcos as the next Vice President? (That was of course assuming Marcos would win his electoral protest against Leni Robredo)
LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, Berline Bureau) – Philippines’ Vice President Leni Robredo denied rumors that it was billionaire George Soros who invited her and funded her trip to London for a speaking engagement at the London School of Economics (LSE). Soros, whom President Rodrigo Duterte had said is funding the Human Rights Watch that is critical of his administration, is one of the most prominent alumni of LSE.
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