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Southeast Asia: Contact tracing a COVID-19 hoax

Yvonne T. Chua, Vera Files
Posted at Jan 16 04:58 AM

The diet hoax—that eating high-alkaline foods could beat COVID-19—should have died down by now. After all, science experts and fact checkers across the globe had been quick to bust it when it came out. Read more »

‘Wait lang, ikakasal lang si Ma’am’: Tugon ng guro sa estudyante, nag-viral

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 06:49 PM

Umani ng good vibes sa social media ang ibinahaging screenshot ng isang guro mula sa Antipolo City sa kaniyang estudyanteng problemado sa requirements sa klase nitong nakaraang Biyernes. Read more »

Google 'experiment' blocks Australian news from local searches

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 04:44 PM

The Australian Financial Review reported that Google was blocking several major commercial news outlets including its masthead, News Corp papers and Guardian Australia from a small number of search users.   Read more »

Amid concerns over WhatsApp’s new privacy terms, users wonder whether or not to switch

Ethan Paul, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 14 03:39 PM

WhatsApp last week asked its more than 2 billion global users to agree to new terms regarding the way it shares their personal information with Facebook by February 8, or they will no longer be able to use its services. Read more »

Twitter CEO says Trump ban was right decision but sets dangerous precedent

Kanishka Singh and Katie Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 01:27 PM

San Francisco-based Twitter last week removed Trump's account, which had 88 million followers, citing the risk of further violence following the storming of the Capitol by supporters of the president. Read more »

Catriona Gray 'feeling fierce' as she hits 11 million followers on Instagram

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 12:17 PM

"Thank you for your never-ending support. I'm always grateful."  Read more »

Snapchat permanently bans Donald Trump from site

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 11:41 AM

Image-centric social network Snapchat on Wednesday said it permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage. Read more »

Parler CEO says social media app, favored by Trump supporters, may not return

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 06:03 AM

Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing to police violent content, may never get back online, said its CEO John Matze.   Read more »

Trump throttled press freedom, journalists say

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 11:02 PM

CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Maria Ressa, who heads a Philippine news website known for its scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, and Sonny Swe, CEO of Frontier Myanmar, told a Reuters Next panel that press freedom had deteriorated sharply. Read more »

‘ARMY’ slams Cayetano for using BTS name for new bloc; ousted Speaker says no politics in acronym

RG Cruz and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 07:03 PM

MANILA — Twitter lit up like dynamite Tuesday with BTS stans lashing out at ousted speaker Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano for using the South Korean boyband's name for his new bloc seen to usher in a comeback.  Read more »

Conservative social network Parler sues Amazon over web shutdown

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 10:07 AM

The social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday after the tech giant's web division forced the conservative-friendly network offline for failing to rein in incitements to violence. Read more »

Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, Sandberg says

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 12 07:29 AM

Facebook Inc's operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world's largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, as the company clamped down on a phrase that has become a rallying cry for the president's supporters.   Read more »

Banished by Twitter, an isolated Trump faces looming impeach threat

Richard Cowan and Joseph Ax, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 10 09:03 AM

With only days left in his presidency, Donald Trump - silenced by Twitter and shunned by a growing number of Republican officials - faces a renewed drive by Democrats to remove him from office after he incited his supporters to storm the US Capitol. Read more »

Trump's history in tweets

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 02:28 PM

Here's a look back at some of President Donald Trump's most memorable tweets. Read more »

Facebook drops 'likes' button from public pages

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 11:23 PM

Facebook Inc has dropped the "likes" button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said on Wednesday.   Read more »

‘Alarming, insensitive’: Police officer’s ‘lalaki pa din sila’ statement angers LGBT groups

Job Manahan and Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 10:18 PM

“Not only does his statement assume that all men are rapists but it's also ignorant of SOGIE . . . A person does not rape because of one's gender or sexuality but because of the shortcoming in his upbringing,” one critic says. Read more »

DOLE nagbabala laban sa mga nag-aalok ng pera, trabaho sa social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 03:09 PM

Pinayuhan ng DOLE ang publiko na ugaliing berepikahin muna ang registration ng mga kompanyang nakapangalan sa Facebook page bago makipag-transaksiyon o magbigay ng mga mahahalagang impormasyon sa mga ito. Read more »

Optical Media Board files complaints vs 15 social media users illegally streaming MMFF movies

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 05:24 AM

MANILA -- The Optical Media Board (OMB) on Tuesday filed complaints before the Department of Justice against 15 social media users who illegally streamed Metro Manila Film Festival movies on their social media accounts. Read more »

15 dawit sa pamimirata sa MMFF films inireklamo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 07:51 PM

Sinampahan ng reklamo ang ilang ilegal na nagpapakalat ng kopya ng mga pelikula sa 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival. Read more »

How Pinoys raced to get lechon for noche buena—whole, in a box or by the kilo

Jerome Gomez
Updated as of Jan 05 08:38 PM

"It's crazy! Pumila talaga sila!” says Lyd de Roca of Lydia’s Lechon. “[People] used to line up naman talaga, pero I wasn’t expecting na magwa-wild pa rin sila.” Read more »