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The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is a private, non-stock, non-profit foundation in the Philippines that has focused its endeavor on press freedom protection along with the establishment of a framework of responsibility for its practice. Its programs represent efforts to protect the press as well as to promote professional ...
Vera Files (stylized as VERA Files) is a non-profit online news organization in the Philippines, [1] [2] known for its institutionalized role in fact-checking false information in the Philippines, [3] [4] and as one of the news organizations most prominently targeted by intimidation and censorship due to its critical coverage of the Philippine government.
The Freedom on the Net 2024 by the Freedom House scored the Philippines 60 out of 100, classifying its internet freedom status as "partly free". [31] The Freedom House in its 2013 report said that it did not receive reports that officials are pressuring bloggers or online journalists to delete content deemed critical to the authorities.
Irene Khan, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion, spent almost two weeks in the Philippines to assess the state of free speech and media rights.
Many of these media watchdogs [43] have issued statements placing the ABS-CBN broadcast stoppage in the context of systemic attacks against press freedom in the Philippines. [43] [45] Media groups and people's organizations denounced the shutdown order for being a loss of democracy, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press. [46] [47]
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Reaction to the case was mixed. Before the verdict in April 2020, the annual Press Freedom Index report by Reporters Without Borders ranked the Philippines 136 out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom. [63] Historically, since the end of martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines was regarded as having one of the most free ...
The Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom (abbreviated as MCPIF, or #MCPIF for online usage) is an internet law bill filed in the Congress of the Philippines.The bill contains provisions promoting civil and political rights and Constitutional guarantees for Philippine internet users, such as freedom of expression, as well as provisions on information and communications technology (ICT ...