Charles Teves
Senator Bong Go trended on Twitter after he admitted to asking the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate social media posts critical of him.
“We wrote letters to the NBI requesting them to conduct investigations on certain social media posts that may fall under possible violations of the cybercrime law, particularly libel, and other applicable laws,” Go said on Thursday, July 16.
The NBI obeyed Go’s appeal and sent several subpoenas to people nationwide. One of the recipients was a college student which was confirmed by the NBI Cybercrime Division.
A day after the senator’s revelation, #TanginaMoBongGo was number one on Twitter’s trending list.
Netizens went after Go and the NBI.
The NBI looking at the screen and reading all of the #TanginaMoBongGo tweets. pic.twitter.com/YdKIw9W4kr
— 🏳️🌈🇵🇸 Porsche 992.2 GT2 RS🪞🐀🏁🟩 (@johncarlo0102) July 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/katyperriat/status/1283824366329847809?s=20
Tatakbo-takbo ka for public office tapos kapag binatikos ka publicly magrereklamo ka. #TanginaMoBongGo
— Creatives of Manila (@CreativesOfMNL) July 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/_xeudeath/status/1283820333699493888?s=20
https://www.facebook.com/sirkus.pilipinas/posts/148233260209813
bong go listing down the names of the users criticizing him after scrolling #TanginaMoBongGo tweets pic.twitter.com/NnwMg3iku9
— mark geronimo (@markgeronimo_) July 17, 2020
Can you imagine??? A fucking senator vs a mere college student??? #TanginaMoBongGo pic.twitter.com/8J5m8PALdt
— KikoMatsing (@Kikomatsing__) July 17, 2020
Daddy 😭😭😭 #TanginaMoBongGo pic.twitter.com/YWZGZBmNek
— Skyler Pressman Lim (@skylerpressman3) July 16, 2020
Bong Go in his room when he got criticized by a student #TanginaMoBongGohttps://t.co/xtqpvU8Ndu
— ted (@duckyooh) July 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/loullipap/status/1283945971181686784?s=20
Others used the hashtag repeatedly in a single tweet to make it trend even more while pretending to defend Go.
Oh nooo. #TanginaMoBongGo is spreading. Nakaka-worry to see #TanginaMoBongGo on my Twitter feed. #TanginaMoBongGo sounds harsh. Can't we educate ibstead of spreading #TanginaMoBongGo? Yung iba magkakasunod nag-post parang#TanginaMoBongGo#TanginaMoBongGo#TanginaMoBongGo
Huhu..— Xtianomics #AfroditeSpeaks (@Christianomics) July 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/Amylopectin_/status/1283814874749886469?s=20
https://twitter.com/rearidinghood/status/1283812732551065601?s=20
hoy the hashtag #TanginaMoBongGo is way too much naman. I understand what he did is wrong pero to trend #TanginaMoBongGo is just too much. Please stop using #TanginaMoBongGo bcs it’s rude.
— 0xVontifex 📟 (@Vontifex) July 16, 2020
Even K-pop fans joined in tweeting the hashtag.
What happened to all those politicians who eat death threats for breakfast? Wala na ba? Puro balat sibuyas na lang? #TanginaMoBongGo#TanginaMoBongGo#TanginaMoBongGopic.twitter.com/JQzMKnwQkU
— E. 'LAVANDER HAZE' (@mikeypinks) July 16, 2020
#TanginaMoBongGo a fucking senator who can’t accept criticisms when his job involves being criticized? what’s not clicking? iiyak ka and nagsusumbong ja sa jowa mo? pic.twitter.com/1pH2TDg0Jv
— milk (@aeseraphinee) July 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/nekoshinwon/status/1283809737029500928?s=20
https://twitter.com/nrjqn/status/1283808088227631106?s=20
came here for the party #TanginaMoBongGo https://t.co/GmHsKNQGCr
— joem 🐇 (@binunjing) July 16, 2020
Netizens, through memes, also pointed out how other public servants didn’t even request a probe on their critics in spite of being on the receiving end of heavy criticisms.
https://twitter.com/kennthklt/status/1283877063254962177?s=20
My first ever tweet is dedicated to.. #TanginaMoBongGo pic.twitter.com/V9CHXUFM1W
— Kian (@kiamoy028) July 17, 2020
