Scatter and delete: Big-time influencers scramble to remove illegal gambling promos after DICT sweep<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\u201cWe thank Meta for swiftly acting on our joint request with CICC to take down the pages of influencers blatantly promoting illegal online gambling. We hope the remaining pages flagged in our initial report will be removed in the coming days,\u201d said Digital Pinoys National Campaigner Ronald Gustilo.<\/p>\n
The first batch of takedowns includes major online personalities such as:<\/p>\n
Sachzna Laparan \u2013 9.7 million followers<\/p>\n
Boy Tapang \u2013 5.5 million followers<\/p>\n
Mark Anthony Fernandez \u2013 242,000 followers<\/p>\n
Kuya Lex TV \u2013 100,000 followers<\/p>\n
A total of 20 influencers were flagged and submitted for review.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of these influencers thought they were untouchable\u2014that we were bluffing,\u201d said Gustilo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had more than enough time to comply. They gambled with the law, and now they\u2019re facing the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
He emphasized this is just the beginning of a broader crackdown and lauded the government\u2019s resolve.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder the leadership of Asec. Aboy Paraiso, we\u2019ve seen real, fast, and effective action. This is the kind of CICC we need\u2014decisive, responsive, and unafraid. Congratulations to the entire CICC team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They thought they were untouchable\u2014but Meta just proved otherwise. Social media giant Meta has removed the Facebook pages…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":{"0":"post-34246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}