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Lacson: Rights groups were invited to work on anti-terror bill, but never showed up

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 09:40 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson said lawmakers reached out to progressive groups, the human rights commission, and other experts to work on the bill, but "dinedma ang aming invitation." Read more »

Fake medical news site benefited from Philippine trolls farms, says report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 05:58 AM

Natural News has been spreading a video falsely claiming that the virus is part of a conspiracy to bolster government's control over the public. Read more »

Trump signs order targeting social media giants' legal protections

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 29 06:34 AM

"The president is trying to frighten, coerce, scare, cajole social media companies to leave him alone and not do what Twitter has just done to him." Read more »

Widower asks Dorsey to remove Trump’s false tweets. Twitter says no.

Maggie Astor and Davey Alba, The New York Times
Posted at May 27 01:19 AM

The widower of Lori Klausutis, whose death President Donald Trump has used to smear MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, is asking Twitter to remove the president’s tweets on the subject.   Read more »

CSC warns public vs 'fake news' on automatic passing of examinees

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 10:39 PM

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) on Wednesday cautioned the public over “fake news” that takers of the March 15 career service examination were automatically granted civil service eligibility. Read more »

Social media platforms need to do more to combat disinformation, press freedom advocates say

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 08:53 PM

Lawyer Chel Diokno said social media platforms should be called to account to make sure that so-called online trolls do not monopolize the conversation on social media.  Read more »

Group aims to counter Trump's virus 'disinformation'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 12:10 AM

A political action committee has launched to counter false and misleading statements about the coronavirus pandemic from US President Donald Trump with a wide-ranging, tech-infused social media campaign.   Read more »

YouTube expands fact-check in move against misinformation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 05:20 AM

YouTube on Tuesday began adding fact-check panels to search results in the US for videos on hot-topic claims shown to be bogus.   Read more »

Chinese agents spread messages that sowed coronavirus panic in U.S., officials say

Edward Wong, Matthew Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 23 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON — The alarming messages came fast and furious in mid-March, popping up on the cellphone screens and social media feeds of millions of Americans grappling with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

Facebook removes Trump ad disguised as census message

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 07:06 AM

Facebook has taken down an ad from President Donald Trump's campaign which critics said misled people into believing it was an official message about the US census. Read more »

Russia-linked disinformation campaign fueling coronavirus alarm, US says

Shaun Tandon and Arthur MacMillan, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 23 12:59 AM

State Department officials tasked with combating Russian disinformation said false personas are being used on social media to advance Russian talking points in multiple languages. Read more »

'Fake news' makes disease outbreaks worse, study finds

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 11:17 AM

The rise of "fake news" - including misinformation and inaccurate advice on social media - could make disease outbreaks such as the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic currently spreading in China worse, according to research published on Friday. Read more »

OPINION: D&D Consortium on gov’t efforts vs ABS-CBN: ‘We must fight back’

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 13 12:38 PM

The Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation (D&D ) issued a call to action: “We must fight back." Read more »

Quo warranto petition vs ABS-CBN a ‘parasitic assault’ on press freedom - consortium

Merinette Retona, VERA Files
Posted at Feb 11 04:02 PM

A consortium of individuals and media institutions forwarding democracy in the era of disinformation condemned the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida before the Supreme Court against media giant ABS-CBN, saying it is “vindictiveness that feeds on the country’s weak justice system.” Read more »

OPINION: Conspiracy theories on nCoV, a form of disinformation

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 10 04:18 PM

Conspiracy theories are a form of disinformation. They thrive when the public do not get adequate and correct information. Read more »

YouTube to ban 'manipulated' content linked to elections

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 04:53 AM

YouTube said Monday it would remove election-related videos that are "manipulated or doctored" to mislead voters, as part of its efforts to stem online misinformation.   Read more »

Instagram says will fight misinformation with fact-check allies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 09:33 AM

The Facebook-owned social platform launched a fact-checking program in the US early this year.   Read more »

Twitter backs overhaul of social media to stem disinformation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 09:38 AM

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is funding research aimed at changing the way information circulates on social media -- with the goal of combating online violence, hate and disinformation. Read more »

Patient Zero: PH creative, digital workers being used to spread disinformation

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 09:55 AM

Creative and digital workers in the country are being exploited for disinformation campaigns, a communications professor said Tuesday. Read more »

Facebook nixes billions of fake accounts

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:21 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Facebook on Wednesday said it has taken down some 5.4 billion fake accounts this year in a sign of the persistent battle on social media against manipulation and misinformation. Read more »