Bongbong denies having online 'trolls': 'Hanapan mo ako ng isa' (Sabong News)

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has categorically stated that he has no “trolls”, or persons paid to do his bidding in the online space. The topic about online trolls was raised during the UniTeam bet’s guesting Tuesday, April 26 on CNN Philippines’ The Presidential Candidates: In Private interview series. “Yung sinasabi nilang trolls (What they about trolls), thousands of…Hanapan mo ako ng isa (Find me one). Just one, find me a troll that’s working for us. They don’t exist!” he said. “You show me the place where the hundreds of trolls sitting in front of a computer spreading fake news. It doesn’t exist. Malakas ang loob ko kasi alam kong hindi nangyayari yun eh (I’m confident because I know that doesn’t happen),” added the survey-leading Marcos. During the interview, host Ruth Cabal told the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer that he was being linked to massive misinformation campaigns online. “Walang trolls (Are there no trolls) that can be directly linked to your campaign or to you?” she asked Marcos point-blank. “There are no trolls. We have no trolls,” Marcos answered, placing his right hand on his chest. “None. Not a single one. I have been offered a click army, I have been offered a troll..hindi ko ginagamit yan (We don’t use that),” he further said. He then shared internal discussions with his social media team regarding the “BBM vlogs”, which they started on YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic. The vlog has a decent following and is on its “When we started doing the vlogs, ibo-boost ba natin? Mag-a-ad ba tayo? Sabi ko wag na kasi hindi natin malalaman kung ano talaga yung nunero (are we going to boost it? Are we going to do ads? I rejected is because we won’t be able to see the true numbers). So up to now we don’t boost…we got used to working that way,” Marcos said.