Alyssa Valdez, a Filipino volleyball player, recently became trending on social media due to the hate train she was subjected to. This hate train, a series of coordinated attacks and false news, resulted in unsettling tweets about her ‘death.’ Valdez, a member of Ateneo de Manila University’s indoor and beach volleyball teams, and currently playing for Creamline Cool Smashers, has not only represented the Philippines national team but also gained global recognition for her exceptional skills and sportsmanship.
In a widely shared post on X, a fan expressed her feelings about fake news from One Sports that said Valdez had died on Sept. 14 at the age of 31. “ Napaka [.
..] niyo, @/OneSportsPHL please do something gamit pa name niyo.
Kayo sana mamatay mga [...
] [ You guys are so cruel. One Sports PH does something; they are using your name. May all of you die instead,] one user said.
Supporters urged One Sports PH, a free-to-air television network in the Philippines run by TV5 Network, Inc. and owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), to take action about the post because it concerns both Valdez and the fans. One user discovered in the same tweet that the same information was being disseminated on Facebook, along with far more inappropriate details and comparisons to Barbie Ivy, also a volleyball player praised as a “phenom,” short for phenomenal.
Defenders of Ivy, another volleyball player, have also joined the argument, standing in solidarity with Lacsina and .