Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on Facebook’s takedown of pages of progressive groups
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses grave concern over the takedown of the pages belonging to some progressive groups, namely Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), and Anakbayan, on social media platform Facebook. KMU, in a statement, shares that its page was permanently shut down, while personal accounts of page administrators and […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the surge of dummy accounts on Facebook
On Sunday, 7 June 2020, the Philippines woke up to a number of dummy accounts created from original profiles on social media site Facebook. Journalists, students, and ordinary citizens were subjects of this unexpected trend. Some of the said dummy accounts are empty, others have pictures and a few added friends. To date, some of […]