MANILA, March 11 -- Former senator Francis Pangilinan on Monday filed a cyberlibel complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the unnamed owner or author of a YouTube channel 'Bungangera TV' for releasing defamatory content against him and his family.

In his 11-page complaint, Pangilinan also named the "authorized representatives, officers and directors of Google and Youtube Philippines" as respondents.

"I am filing this complaint against them for asking or abetting the commission of cybercrime for allowing Bungangera TV to upload and maintain videos containing libelous thumbnails, captions and titles on their platform," Pangilinan said.

Misleading thumbnail texts on posts received 266,775 views as of Jan. 23 and suggeste...