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X (Formerly Twitter) Takes Down Vice Ganda’s Account!

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SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Francisco Bureau) – It seemed like a cryptic message, but Philippine actress and TV host Vice Ganda was apparently (or so we think) posting a message on her X (former Twitter) account about being the newest endorser of the online shopping portal, Shopee.

Many Shopee shoppers had boycotted the portal after it designated Marcos-supporter Toni Gonzaga as a celebrity endorser. They (meaning, the Dilawan) uninstalled their Shopee apps.

In her X post, Vice Ganda asked netizens if they had already re-installed (their Shopee apps).

But alas, Vice Ganda’s photo which accompanied her X (tweet?) violated the social media portal’s community guidelines against nudity (see photo).

The national daily PhilStar’s X account is also in line for cancellation after it re-published Vice Ganda’s post and photo.

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Bb. Maharlika Says PH Address on Arrest Warrant Is Fake, Files Bail With Fake $200

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LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – Claire Eden Contreras, a.k.a. Maharlika Boldyakera, says the address on the warrant arrest issued against her by the Pampanga Regional Trial Court is fake. “I’m living in America,” she proclaimed on her vlog.

The court set a P10,000 bail for her temporary release, just about the equivalent of $200.

That’s lose change for a dollar-earning Maharlika, so she paid the bail anyway, through her Philippine-based attorney.

However, it turns out that the two, $100 bills she paid as bail were fake, possibly printed by a shop on Recto Street in Manila, known for producing fake documents for a fee.

Moral of the story: fight fakery with fakery!

Social Media

META Apologizes For Its Green Mind!

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MENLO PARK, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Jose Bureau) – Was this a case of a META (formerly Facebook) employee having a green mind or a failure of Artificial Intelligence?

META took down a post by a Filipino netizen for what appeared as a photo of a hand cusping a woman’s breast, saying it is a violation of the social media platform’s community standards.

But a cursory zoom out of the subject photo revealed that that it wasn’t a breast but the hand and finger of a woman resting on the shoulder of another.

The post has since been restored.

A case of fertile imagination?

(Juan Miguel contributed to this report.)