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He thinks that it has gone overboard..
Reportedly, President Benigno Aquino III censored his Facebook page Wednesday when internet users ignored an appeal to end the bashing of his government regarding its handling of the deadly hostage crisis.
Aquino banned slanderous and defamatory comments and posts, swear words and racial insults, as well as "below the belt attacks", from his Facebook account followed by 1.9 million fans.
"We reserve the right to block anyone who fails to follow these rules and report them as spammers to Facebook," he wrote on his site.
Aquino’s official Facebook page was created to promote transparency and his anti-corruption drive, but it has become a storehouse for angry comments about Monday’s hostage crisis that took place in Manila in which eight Hong Kong tourists died.
Posts on his Facebook page were swarming with endless criticisms,and continued despite Aquino’s appeal in an initial post on Wednesday morning for them to stop.
"Shame on you and your government. Tender your resignation now," wrote Elfis Lee, a Hong Kong resident.
"Your incompetence of leading your untrained stupid police force caused such a tragedy."
Another comment from Jay Rodrigo apologized on behalf of Filipinos, but had strong words about his feelings towards Aquino, who won the presidency by a landslide in May but whose popularity now appears to be taking a direct hit from the tragedy.
"You see, our president is a retard who has done nothing but smirk in front of the TV cameras after all that has happened," he wrote on the page.
"He’s slowly killing our country coz of his stupidity."
Both messages have been deleted from Aquino’s Facebook shortly after he issued his warning on Wednesday afternoon that he would censor the site.
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