{"id":777029460,"date":"2025-07-24T08:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029460"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:42:28","slug":"meta-removes-20-influencer-pages-linked-to-illegal-online-gambling-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/meta-removes-20-influencer-pages-linked-to-illegal-online-gambling-in-the-philippines","title":{"rendered":"Meta removes 20 influencer pages linked to illegal online gambling in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The move followed a request from the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Following a request filed by Digital Pinoys<\/strong> and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC)<\/strong>, Meta has begun removing the Facebook pages of influencers found to be promoting illegal online gambling.\u00a0It has pulled the pages of at least 20 social media influencers<\/strong>, including those of Sachzna Laparan (9.7 million followers), Boy Tapang (5.5 million), actor Mark Anthony Fernandez (242,000), and Kuya Lex TV (100,000).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philstar quotes Digital Pinoys national campaigner Ronald Gustilo<\/strong>: \u201cWe thank Meta for swiftly acting on our joint request with CICC to take down the pages of influencers blatantly promoting illegal online gambling. We hope the remaining pages flagged in our initial report will be removed in the coming days,\u201d he said and added that some influencers who had been warned <\/strong>to take down their online gambling promotions by July 11 dismissed the CICC\u2019s order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This move represents the initial phase of a broader campaign<\/strong> by CICC and Digital Pinoys to curb illegal online gambling promotions, with more pages expected to be removed in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Over 50.000 jobs at risk if online gaming is banned in the Philippines, media report<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The move followed a request from the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777029464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Meta has commenced the removal of Facebook pages belonging to influencers promoting illegal online gambling in the Philippines, following requests from Digital Pinoys and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC). This action, impacting at least 20 influencers, marks the initial phase of a broader regulatory enforcement campaign against illicit iGaming promotion.","focusai_entities":"Meta, Digital Pinoys, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), Sachzna Laparan, Boy Tapang, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Kuya Lex TV, Ronald Gustilo","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Meta's Enforcement Scope","query":"What specific criteria did Meta utilize to identify and remove pages promoting illegal online gambling, and how does this align with its broader content moderation policies for iGaming?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"How will this initial phase of enforcement by CICC and Digital Pinoys impact the overall GGR and NGR of both licensed and unlicensed iGaming operations within the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[1897,20326,24844,24804],"class_list":["post-777029460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-igaming","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-influencers","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029473,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029460\/revisions\/777029473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}