Vloggers and content creators behind “prank” videos that disrupt public order may face jail time of from six to 12 years, the Anti-Cybercrime Group of the Philippine National Police warned. | dexcabalzaINQ /PDI
The three vloggers and content creators behind “Tukomi” channel, who were identified as Mark Lester San Rafael, Mark Hiroshi San Rafael and Eleazar Stephen Fuentes, had uploaded a video on Facebook and YouTube where they pretended to be kidnappers.
When they tried the same prank at a bakery in Barangay CAA, Las Piñas City, however, an off-duty Conmigo, who lived nearby, pulled out his handgun to stop the “kidnapping.” Profusely apologetic and repeatedly saying that it was all a prank, the vloggers eventually managed to calm down the police officer.
“Thankfully, I did not hurt anyone. But if it was someone else, a trigger-happy police officer or an armed civilian, they could have been shot,” he said. While acknowledging the popularity of social media and online platforms, the ACG also noted its ever-increasing reach and influence especially among a younger audience. “The prank can be entertaining and amusing, [but] some creators are taking it too far and creating dangerous, harmful or illegal content,” the ACG said, adding that it has already requested YouTube and Facebook to take down the viral video, which already has a combined view of more than 2 million as of Thursday.
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