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Comelec to work with YouTube to verify official accounts of #Halalan2022 candidates

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Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA—The Commission on Elections said on Saturday it will work with YouTube to verify the official accounts of candidates running in the 2022 national elections. </p><p>&quot;We will be working with YouTube to add a verified badge for official candidates that submit their official YouTube channel to COMELEC,&quot; Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez tweeted. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We will be working with YouTube to add a verified badge for official candidates that submit their official YouTube channel to COMELEC.</p>— James Jimenez (@jabjimenez) <a href="https://twitter.com/jabjimenez/status/1469643099215626240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/11/21/pnp-election-gun-ban-has-exemptions">&#x27;Responsible citizens&#x27; may apply for exemption in election gun ban— PNP</a></li></ul><p>When asked if a candidate&#x27;s channel will need at least 100,000 subscribers to get verified, the spokesman answered, &quot;No.&quot; </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/09/21/comelec-urged-to-shame-candidates-prematurely-campaigning">Watchdog says Comelec should &#x27;shame&#x27; candidates &#x27;prematurely campaigning&#x27;, buying votes</a></li></ul><p>Under Comelec&#x27;s Resolution No. 10730, candidates for the 2022 elections are required to register their &quot;official accounts, websites, blogs and/or other social media pages of such political party of candidate&quot;. </p><p>It also said only verified accounts, websites, blogs, and social media pages may run electoral ads, and boost or promote electoral posts.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</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=1857311" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez says a candidate does not need at least 100,000 subscribers to get verified.

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Comelec to work with YouTube to verify official accounts of #Halalan2022 candidates

Mico Abarro,

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Published Dec 11, 2021 10:36 PM PHT

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