18. July 2023 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on June 19, 2023, that he would launch a media and information education campaign to combat disinformation. Philippine fact-checking platform Tsek.ph recorded that Marcos benefited from the rapid spread of misinformation,...
23. January 2023 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, News
“Today, facts win. Truth wins. Justice wins,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler-CEO, Maria Ressa, after a court acquitted her and her online news portal of four tax evasion charges on January 18, 2023. The acquittal reduces the open court cases...
24. October 2022 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the long-controversial SIM card registration law (Republic Act 11934) on October 10, 2022. This is the first legislative measure enacted during his term in office. It requires all SIM card users to register with their mobile...
15. August 2022 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon ordered the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block the access of at least 30 websites of different groups – including alternative media outlets and progressive groups such as Bulatlat, Save our Schools...
10. June 2022 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
With the election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Philippines’ new president, fears of further restrictions on freedom of press have been raised. Tendencies in this regard continue to emerge shortly after the election. On May 11, 2022,...
5. May 2022 | Disinformation, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
With the May 9 presidential elections approaching, several news reports and election observers are still concerned with the question of how presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of a former dictator, managed to take a clear lead in the election polls....
