Philippines: National Privacy Commission investigation into Facebook's actions to address suspicious accounts
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
24 Sep 2020 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Philippines
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Announced National Privacy Commission investigation into Facebook’s actions to address suspicious accounts
On 24 September 2020, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) opened an investigation into Facebook's actions to address suspicious accounts which pose risks to Filipino users' data privacy. Facebook has removed networks for violating its coordinated …
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority