Senators seek records of 1,479 suspected Palace trolls

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon demanded the records of the contractual workers, 375 of whom work at the PCOO and flagged recently by the Commission on Audit (COA), to determine if there are state-funded troll farms.

The STAR / Paolo Romero, file

MANILA, Philippines — Senators have asked the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) for the records of 1,479 contractual employees of the Palace communications group who are suspected of being trolls.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon demanded the records of the contractual workers, 375 of whom work at the PCOO and flagged recently by the Commission on Audit (COA), to determine if there are state-funded troll farms.

During the budget hearing of the PCOO in the Senate yesterday, Drilon aired his suspicion that these contractual employees could be “trolls.”

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