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Rappler 'business as usual' despite CA ruling

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 01:56 PM

Online news website Rappler will continue operating in the Philippines while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reexamines if the media company is fully owned and controlled by Filipinos, the website's legal counsel said Saturday. Read more »

Press freedom in PH on the 'downslide', says ex-Ombudsman Morales

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 06:58 PM

Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Friday said press freedom in the Philippines seems to be "on the downslide." Read more »

Rappler insists on being a 'completely Filipino-owned' company

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 02:28 PM

Rappler released this statement on the matter: Read more »

Palace welcomes CA decision on Rappler

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 01:09 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday welcomed the Court of Appeals’ decision upholding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ruling revoking the articles of registration of online news site Rappler for violating foreign ownership rules.   Read more »

CA denies Rappler appeal, remands case to SEC

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 01:38 PM

The Court of Appeals denied news website Rappler's petition to reverse a Securities and Exchange Commission that revoked its business articles of incorporation for alleged violation of ownership restrictions. Read more »

Rappler CEO files counter-affidavit on tax evasion charges

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 06:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) and its president, Maria Ressa, urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday to dismiss the P133.84-million tax evasion case filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Read more »

OPINION: Fact-checkers do not delete, block Facebook posts

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 20 01:25 PM

For Facebook users to understand about Facebook’s 3rd party fact-checking program in the Philippines, VERA Files prepared a Q and A. I hope this helps. Read more »

Gov’t, Facebook to meet over ‘fact-checking’ row

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 03:54 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday said he and several other government officials would meet with Facebook representatives to discuss the social network’s choice of fact-checkers. Read more »

Subpoenas sent to Rappler's Ressa, Bitanga for tax raps

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 09:00 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has set hearings for the preliminary investigation into the tax evasion complaint against Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) and two of its top executives. Read more »

Palasyo, umalma sa piniling fact-checkers ng Facebook

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 03:19 AM

Pinaboran ng ilan ang partnership ng Facebook at 2 media groups para sa fact-checking kontra "fake news." Read more »

PCOO to protest Facebook team-up with Rappler, Vera Files

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 03:11 PM

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will oppose Facebook's move to tap media organizations Rappler and Vera Files to fact-check websites sharing erroneous content, an official said Monday. Read more »

Leave Facebook? Roque says FB fact-checkers Rappler, Vera Files also partisan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:23 PM

PARTISAN FACT-CHECKERS? A Palace spokesman on Monday raised the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte's supporters on Facebook shifting to another site after pro-Duterte sites were banned on the social media giant. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy website, naka-block sa Facebook; mamamahayag tinawag itong 'sensura'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 07:40 PM

Naka-block na sa Facebook ang ilang Pinoy website na umano'y nagkakalat ng maling impormasyon. Tinawag naman itong "censorship" o sensura ng isang tech journalist. Read more »

Facebook blocks some websites with Filipino content violating its guidelines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 06:56 PM

MANILA — (UPDATED) Facebook has blocked some websites that contain Filipino content but allegedly share false information. Read more »

Duterte denies Cambridge Analytica ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 12:40 AM

Data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica is at the center of a wide-ranging controversy for alleged inappropriate use of Facebook data. Read more »

DOJ begins probe into cyber libel raps vs Rappler

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 04:44 PM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) began on Monday its preliminary investigation into cyber libel charges against executives and a columnist of news website Rappler. Read more »

Rappler lawyer rejects tax evasion rap

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 10:44 AM

News website Rappler did not have to pay income tax or value added tax for the sale of its Philippine depositary receipts or PDRs, contrary to allegations made in a tax evasion complaint, its lawyer said Tuesday.   Read more »

'No reversal' in filing of cyber libel vs Rappler, says NBI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 08:30 PM

MANILA - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Monday that its decision to file a cyber libel complaint against news website Rappler was not a reversal of its previous evaluation of the case.  Read more »

Rappler boss blames Facebook for political division, 'fake news'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 08:48 PM

The head of news website Rappler scored Facebook and its algorithms on Saturday for sowing political divisions in the public and allowing the proliferation of online "trolls" and "fake news." Read more »

Rappler, nahaharap sa tax evasion, cyber libel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 12:01 AM

Isang tax evasion at isang cyber libel complaint ang isinampa ng National Bureau of Investigation sa Department of Justice laban sa news website na Rappler. Read more »