THE Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) on Wednesday has identified the account on video-sharing app TikTok which is behind the alleged assassination plot against former senator and presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
ACG chief Brig. Gen. Robert Rodriguez identified the username as @ljluna7. The TikTok account had already been deleted, but they were able to save pieces of evidence from the post of the account.
“The source data however is being preserved to establish the ownership of the account involved. All screenshots of the alleged threatening comments/messages were taken from open sources,” Rodriguez said.
On Tuesday, TikTok said the account involved in the alleged assassination plot against Marcos has been permanently banned from its platform.
“The promotion of violence has absolutely no place on our platform and the user’s account has been permanently banned,” it said.
Rodriguez said the TikTok account of @ljluna7 “is a public account that supports the Kabataan Party List account with a hundred and thirty-three (133) followers.”
“It (TikTok) is usually used to relieve one’s stress through dancing, lip-synching, acting, or dubbing. So, before we conclude anything with regards to the online threat, we have to investigate and validate the veracity of the report,” Rodriguez said.
He clarified though that while online threats are not really common or regular, the emergence of this kind of online activity is “probably due to the upcoming elections”.
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