The Philippines Policies Affecting Disinformation

From ADTAC Disinformation Inventory

Legislation

Police have used Article 154 of the Penal Code to jail an individual spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Article 154 criminalizes publishing inaccurate information that may endanger the public order.[1]A bill that would hold officials accountable for spreading false information was ruled unconstitutional.[2] The Cybercrime Prevention act prohibits online defamatory content or "liable".[3]

Attempts to discredit media as disinformation

President Rodrigo Duterte has labeled media outlets as "fake news"[4].

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National Policies Affecting Disinformation

  1. ↑ https://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/philippines-criminal-charges-filed-over-misinformation-on-coronavirus/
  2. ↑ https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/anti-misinformation-actions/
  3. ↑ https://www.techagainstterrorism.org/2020/10/07/the-online-regulation-series-the-philippines/
  4. ↑ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/facebook-philippines-dutertes-drug-war
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