House to summon Advincula in probe of social media sites

THE HOUSE of Representatives will summon Peter Joemel Advincula, who claims to be the narrator “Bikoy” in a series of videos, for a probe that will look into possible liabilities of social media sites like Facebook and YouTube for damaging content like his “Ang Totoong Narcolist (The Real Narcolist).” Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo A. Garbin Jr. filed House Resolution 2585, which directs the committee on information and communications technology to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the videos of Mr. Advincula and other widely circulated posts in social media. Mr. Garbin said the investigation would be used for crafting measures intended to make social media platform creators and operators be socially and legally responsible of their posts. — Vince Angelo C. Ferreras