“One person, one socmed account,” is what Senate President Vicente Sotto III wants to push to help fight online trolls. The Senate president proposed the new measure due to the increasing online attacks related to the issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea. “It should be one person, one account on every internet platform so that trolls will be eliminated. How do we do that? We need it,” Sotto said. Sotto added that there should be coordination with Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. “One person, one account, that’s clear,” he added. Sotto affirms that an unverified account should be removed from the platform. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is also considering the registration of owning social media accounts. However, it’s been greatly opposed by rights groups due to possible issues with privacy and freedom of expression. This article, Sen. Sotto pushes for one person, one social media account to combat trolls , was originally publis...
Omdia’s latest Smart Market Pulse report shows the top smartphone brands that shipped the most units in 2025. Apple dominated the smartphone market in 2025, owning 19 percent of the market after shipping 240.6 million iPhones and achieving 7 percent annual growth. Samsung came in very close at the second spot. It shipped 239.1 million units, hence having a similar market share of 19 percent and 7 percent annual growth. Xiaomi then follows them with 165.4 million units, then vivo with 105.3 million, and OPPO at number five with 100.7 million units. Other honorable mentions are HONOR. While settling at the seventh spot, it is one of the biggest gainers last year after achieving an 11 percent annual growth. OPPO, which used to be a trailblazer, slows down in 2025 after suffering a -8 percent annual growth. realme had the most disappointing year after it only took 3 percent of the market share and suffering a -13 percent growth. Still, the entire market grew by 2 percent with...