{"id":10842,"date":"2025-02-17T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/?p=10842"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:53:08","slug":"three-congress-panels-will-investigate-disinformation-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/three-congress-panels-will-investigate-disinformation-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Congress panels will investigate disinformation in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philippine House of Representatives has launched<\/a> an investigation into the spread of fake news and disinformation in the country. Three House panels \u2013 committees on public order, public information, and information and communications technology \u2013 will jointly conduct the probe. Dan Fernandez will lead the inquiry, aiming<\/a> to \u201cuncover the massive information machinery\u201d behind fake news that harms public perception, unity, and democracy.<\/p>\n

The investigation will examine<\/a> social media platforms like Google, Meta (Facebook), and ByteDance (TikTok) to scrutinize<\/a> their role in spreading disinformation and their policies on removing false content. Lawmakers also plan<\/a> to investigate the impact of fake news on national security, particularly regarding the West Philippine Sea dispute, and its effects on vulnerable groups like youth and marginalized communities. Government agencies, including the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine National Police, and the Department of Justice, will participate<\/a> in the inquiry, offering insight into the regulatory challenges and enforcement of anti-disinformation laws.<\/p>\n

The first hearing on January 27, 2025, promised<\/a> to focus on key topics such as the transparency of social media platforms, accountability measures for offenders, and the broader national security implications of disinformation. In the hearing, Fernandez called<\/a> for collective action to fight fake news, emphasizing the need for stricter regulations and accountability for those spreading harmful content.<\/p>\n

With over 40 social media personalities<\/a> and representatives from various online platforms invited to the hearing, the inquiry could be a decisive moment in the Philippines\u2019 ongoing struggle against fake news.<\/p>\n

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Photo \u00a9 Raffy Lerma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the spread of fake news and disinformation in the country. Three House panels \u2013 committees on public order, public information, and information and communications technology \u2013 will jointly conduct the probe. Dan Fernandez will lead the inquiry, aiming to \u201cuncover the massive information machinery\u201d behind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73,65,61,58,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktuelles-en","category-disinformation","category-freedom-of-press","category-human-rights-news","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10847,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10842\/revisions\/10847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}