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'National watermark': Bong Go 'flattered' by viral Facebook frame

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<div><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="501" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D781419615398405%26set%3Da.131308807076159.1073741828.100005911204879%26type%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Thursday admitted that he was &quot;flattered&quot; after learning that his face was being used as a frame for profile pictures on social media giant Facebook.</p><p>Go&#x27;s face appeared on the bottom-left side of several Facebook profile pictures earlier this week after netizens decided to use his photo as a decorative border.</p><p>Netizens behind the Facebook page &quot;Photo by SAP Bong Go&quot; created the customized border and labelled Go&#x27;s cropped face as a &quot;the National Watermark of the Philippines.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I was pleasantly surprised and flattered when I was informed that my selfies with world leaders during the ASEAN Summit caught FB&#x27;s attention,&quot; Go told reporters.</p><p>Go had been taking selfies with world leaders in the background during President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s trip to Vietnam for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. He also had a selfie spree with economic leaders during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit here.</p><p>Go&#x27;s photo composition was consistent: his face was either on the bottom-left or bottom-right corner of the photo, while leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau figured in the background.</p><p>&quot;I didn&#x27;t expect my taking selfies with them would create such a reaction,&quot; Go said.</p><p>&quot;I am just an ordinary employee of the government. I took selfies with world leaders because I admire them and only as remembrance of that once in a lifetime opportunity,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>- With a report from Pia Gutierrez and Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Thursday admitted that he was "flattered" after learning that his face was being used as a frame for profile pictures on social media giant Facebook.</p>

Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Thursday admitted that he was "flattered" after learning that his face was being used as a frame for profile pictures on social media giant Facebook.