Claim: Robredo camp operates a troll farm
Rating: Misleading
Complete details: A Facebook Watch video uploaded by someone named JO-NE-GIE shows a Facebook page from GMA News featuring Vice President Ma. Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo, where the video creator proceeds to check the Facebook profiles of those that commented on the post and shows that most of the profiles were newly created, and as such were suspected to be fake accounts used for trolling.
Why we fact-check this: There is no definitive proof shown by the video owner that would conclusively point out to the Robredo camp is responsible for such so-called troll accounts.
However, the video purports to give the impression that by exposing those troll accounts, it can then be the incontrovertible fact that these are the machinations of the Robredo camp.
The video has garnered 543 views as of this writing.
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