Facebook Controversy

Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino (facebook.com/noynoy.aquino) was shut down by Facebook, allegedly under the order of the office of the President. All of the 2.2 million Facebook fans were gone overnight. On the other hand, a new and separate Fan Page (facebook.com/presidentnoy), created by the office of the President, also got a nice treatment from Facebook. The most logical reason for these changes was Facebook manually removed the Likes from one Fan Page and transferred it to the other Fan Page which is controlled by the government. All done magically without notice from Facebook. Taking over the fan page would look harsh so they decided to tell Facebook to just shut down the old one and transfer the Likes to the new one. The Philippines being in the top 10 most active FB users in the world, Facebook didn't blinked an eye and gave in to the request. They are basically denying they don't have any hand in this incident and it was all Facebook's actions. Read more in our articles including "Phil. Gov't pressures Facebook over Fans?" and "Facebook launches Your Profile, Your Home game".