“We vehemently condemn this brazen attack on the youth. This is a conscious and orchestrated attack to deplatform dissent and to silence the critical voice of the youth.”
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Facebook censors women’s group page over tributes for late CPP founder
“Facebook’s role in censoring free speech and enabling the rise of authoritarian regimes all over the world has been well-documented.”
SB19’s ‘Nyebe’ is a reminder that ‘White Christmas’ isn’t wonderland
More than just showing what went on behind the scenes of their world tour, the Nyebe visualizer encapsulated and highlighted the longing, and sadness of living and working overseas.
Why Filipinos need to read Joma
As millennials and Gen Z are generations raised in the age of the Internet, generations constantly subjected to the aspirations of popular culture – the culture of instant gratification, the cult of consumerism, there is an urgent need to turn to revolutionary writings like that of Sison not only as a way to counteract the dominant consumerist culture, but to regain a sense of radicalism unsullied by the passing fads and distractions of the present digital age.
Southeast Asian journos unite to defend press freedom
Six media groups from five Southeast Asian countries formed a regional collaboration to strengthen their fight against the deteriorating state of press freedom in the region.
OFWs seek to abolish overseas employment certificate
“We are asking the (Philippine Overseas Labor Office) to look into this and abolish the OEC because this is an added burden and cost to our fellow migrant workers.”
Question Everything | Banning Joma Sison on social media sets a dangerous precedent
One does not need to subscribe to Sison’s political doctrines to see the ban as an act of censorship. If not challenged, the ban can be expanded and used as a tactic to enforce digital crackdowns. It gives tyrants the license to dictate who or what can be accessed or streamed on our networks. It is therefore a threat to our civic space.
Court resets promulgation of cyberlibel raps vs. Baguio journalist
“NUJP reiterates its demand for the decriminalization of libel. Defamation laws in the Philippines are inconsistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”
Baguio court finds human rights defender guilty of cyber libel
“This libel case is an attack on truth and those who wield it to champion peoples’ political rights.”
Why SB19’s ‘Mapa’ makes us cry
Here’s a journalist’s take on why SB19’s Mapa will always be a tearjerker.
Amazon’s squeeze will be stopped
For working people, the price of everything is going up. For everyone, the global temperature keeps rising. But instead of supporting its workers, communities and the planet, Amazon is squeezing every last drop it can. That’s why, today, they are coming together across 35 countries to Make Amazon Pay.