Marcos spokesperson's Facebook account is suspended

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<p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong>— The Facebook account of Vic Rodriguez, spokesperson and chief of staff of presidential candidate Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr., has been suspended. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">In a statement sent to ABS-CBN News, Rodriguez says, &quot;FB/Meta suspended my account because I am for Bongbong Marcos.&quot;<br/><br/>He adds, &quot;This is censorship of the highest degree and interference on a sovereign act.&quot;</p>— Ina Reformina (@InaReformina) <a href="https://twitter.com/InaReformina/status/1518763247595180032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Rodriguez claimed &quot;FB/Meta suspended my account because I am for Bongbong Marcos.&quot; Meta is Facebook&#x27;s parent company.</p><p>Based on screenshots provided by Rodriguez, Facebook said his &quot;account, or activity on it, doesn&#x27;t follow our <a href="https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.&quot;  </p><p>Facebook says that Rodriguez has 30 days to disagree with its decision. </p><p>&quot;If you think we suspended your account by mistake, we can take you through a few steps to disagree with the decision,&quot; it said. </p><p>Rodriguez later said that he would not appeal Facebook&#x27;s decision to suspend his account, claiming he did not commit any violation. </p><p>Facebook said it suspended Rodriguez&#x27;s account on April 25, Monday.</p><p>With the suspension, Rodriguez said he would continue to deliver Marcos&#x27; message through other media platforms. </p><p>Rodriguez also said that the suspension of his account was &quot;censorship of the highest degree and interference on a sovereign act, digital terrorism no less.&quot;</p><p>Rodriguez&#x27;s account was later restored, according to a Meta spokesperson, adding that it was &quot;mistakenly restricted for reasons unrelated to any posted content.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/26/22/facebook-restores-marcos-spokespersons-facebook-account">Facebook restores Marcos spokesperson&#x27;s Facebook account</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/25/22/meta-probes-takedown-of-pna-radyo-pilipinas-links-on-fb">Meta investigating takedown of PNA, Radyo Pilipinas links on Facebook</a> </li></ul><div><strong>— with a report from Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News </strong></div><div><strong> FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2013049" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The spokesperson of presidential candidate Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. said Tuesday that social media giant Facebook has suspended his account.

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