California-based technology giant Facebook must build data centers in the Philippines given its large volume of users in the country, according to a government official.

The suggestion came from Assistant Secretary Allan Cabanlong of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) after the leading social media platform last week admitted to breaches in securing data of its users, leaking personal information on millions of users worldwide.

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