EXCLUSIVE: Frankie Pangilinan on why she's making noise on social media

Frankie Pangilinan imparts an important reminder as she earns more and more attention on social media.

Frankie, the daughter of Mega Star Sharon Cuneta and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, has been living out of the shadows of her influential and powerful parents as she makes her own strong and sometimes controversial statements on Twitter.

From calling out rape culture to expressing her concerns about the Anti-Terrorism Bill, Frankie has started conversations and made headlines. But what is pushing her to make noise online?

In an exclusive interview with GMANetwork.com, she explained that she has always been expressing her thoughts and opinions, oftentimes unfiltered, on Twitter ever since she created her account when she was around 15 or 16 years old.

She explained, “If you scroll down far enough, it's the same stuff. It's just that no one was paying attention before and for some reason recently like it really like blew up.

“I'm just bigger I guess so like people take me more seriously. Maybe it's like that, right? I'm slightly bigger. I'm not a kid anymore just trying to be like… I'm not a kid anymore just trying to put my thoughts out there.”

Despite the additional attention, Frankie pointed out that she remains authentic with her true personality and beliefs even on social media.

She emphasized, “Like a lot of people I don't think realize that I don't treat Twitter like it's my platform. How do I put this? I don't treat it like it's a megaphone, you know. I treat like it's me.

“So a lot of people are like, 'Why are you suddenly so vocal? And I'm like, 'No. It's not that I'm suddenly vocal. It's just that you are suddenly seeing it. It's just that for some reason there's more people listening.”

Now that more eyes are watching and more ears are listening to her, Frankie continues to keep herself well-informed before sharing her thoughts and points of view online.

She said, “I'm never gonna be loud naman about things na hindi ko alam. 'Di ba, parang nakakahiya naman for me to be so brave about opinions on things I haven't read, I haven't studied, 'di ba? Parang nagbibigay ka ng class presentation pero hindi mo naman alam 'yung topic mo, 'di ba?

“I don't think that I have the right to talk about things na I don't know… If I want to learn about something then I'll learn about it muna."

She also added, saying, “There's an illusion on social media that a lot of people who like seem very firm in their stance and who seem very sure of themselves na 'yun na talaga 'yung facts ,'di ba, until they're like fact-checked and then it's like, 'Oh.' But to me naman it's like I'm never gonna stand on something that I don't [know], that I haven't read in and out, that I haven't like devoted my time and attention to.

"Like when the Terror Bill came out, I didn't tweet about it until I read the whole thing, you know, until I read the transcripts, until I read my dad's. Like just one example.”

Frankie also wishes anyone who wishes to speak out on social media to also be responsible and accountable with their words and actions.

“I just hope to encourage people to do the same I guess because I feel like everyone needs to be educated on that level, 'di ba? It's not just like.. 'wag lang makisawsaw, 'wag lang mag-bandwagon in other words. Like it's okay to bandwagon if you know enough but like I really suggest that everyone really take the time to just educate themselves,” she concluded.

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