Charles Teves
Xian Ganza doubted Ivana Alawi’s Facebook page’s abrupt removal for no reason.
In a video, Alawi said Facebook took down her post without any warning.
“Hi guys. So tinanggal ng Facebook ang page ko. No violations, no update kung bakit nila tinanggal. Bigla na lang ilang ni-remove. Wala silang update sa akin. Sana maayos ito,” Alawi said in an Instagram post.
“My 19 Million Verified page disappeared with No Warning, No Violation, No Report and no email. A few hours later, my business page for @ivanaskinph also disappeared. It’s not a bug…No reports, No reason. Why??” she added.
Meanwhile, Gaza isn’t enrolled to Alawi’s reasoning and insinuated that the latter could have deleted her page to avoid paying taxes to the BIR.
“Hindi naman sa may galit ako kay Ivana Alawi pero duda ko inunpublished niya yung kanyang page para makaiwas sa audit ng BIR tapos nag-e-emote at nagda-drama lang siya ngayon sa socmed para kunyare na-disable yung FB page niya. Feel ko lang,” he wrote on Facebook.
“Ang totoo niyan eh nauunawaan ko si Ivana, jusko kaysa kurakutin lang ng mga BIR officials ‘di ba? Ang ayaw ko lang eh yung may dramahan pa sa socmed at pinagmumukhang tanga yung mga tao.
“Facebook won’t delete verified pages with blue badge unless paulit-ulit kang nagka-copyright violation.” he added.
Gaza also said that the BIR can’t do anything to tax Alawi if her page is unpublished.
“Also, these content creators with multimillion followers like Ivana Alawi ay mayroong direct contact sa Facebook management. Napakadaling ayusin ng mga bagay-bagay with just a single call. Kung totoo man na dinisable ang page niya, they will fix everything privately.
“I-unpublish kung i-a-unpublish yung page tapos manahimik na lang sa gedli. No need for arti arti. Wala namang magagawa ang BIR to audit Ivana Alawi’s Facebook page kung unpublished na ito unless mag-file sila sa korte ng Estados Unidos na hindi nila gagawin dahil masyadong madugo ang proseso kontra Facebook Inc.”
The convicted scammer wondered how much Alawi allegedly owes in taxes given that she makes most of her income from social media activities.
“Because… sa Youtube, Instagram at TikTok ay mayroong option to hide your individual post. Sa Facebook page, wala.
“Either you publish the entire page or you unpublish once and for all tapos ibalik mo na lang kapag hindi na mainit sayo ang BIR. Gaano kalaki ba ang iniiwasan ni Ivana sa BIR?” he furthered.
Zeinab Harake, another content creator, also experienced the same as Alawi went through. Harake’s Facebook page with 13 million followers got taken down as well.
According to Gaza, Harake messaged him and confirmed that her page was deleted. Gaza then took back everything he said about Alawi.
Alawi and Harake have recovered their respective Facebook pages.
