Only 1 in 4 Senate bets in 2019 polls declared social media spending

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The perceived lack of transparency over social media spending underscores the difficulty of monitoring candidates' expenses on the internet.

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(PCIJ) Have candidates been transparent about their campaign spending on social media?

 

In the 2019 elections, only 16 out of 62 or about a quarter of candidates for senator declared social media-related spending in their Statements of Election Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs), a review by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) showed.

 

It underscores the difficulty of monitoring campaign spending on the internet, which campaign finance reform advocates said would become a big challenge in the 2022 elections.

 

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