(BUSINESS WORLD) A SENATOR on Wednesday said fake news creation should be criminalized after a poll by Pulse Asia Research, Inc. showed Filipinos consider it to be a problem. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada said in a statement. “Those behind it should be held accountable for their actions. It…
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(PNA) MANILA – Senators Nancy Binay and Jinggoy Estrada emphasized on Wednesday the need to take the fight against the proliferation of fake news to another level. This was after a recent Pulse Asia survey showed that nine out of 10 or 90 percent of Filipinos recognize fake news as a problem in the country. Estrada…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday, October 12 said he finds as “disturbing” Pulse Asia’s latest survey result showing that a high number of Filipinos is acknowledging the severity of the prevalence of fake news in the Philippines. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously. Those behind it should be held accountable for their…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — For Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, it is “disturbing” that close to 90 percent of adult Filipinos believe fake news is a problem in the country as shown in the latest survey of Pulse Asia. The same survey conducted from September 17-21 indicated that social media influencers, bloggers, and/or vloggers (58 percent)…
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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada finds as “disturbing” the results of the latest survey of polling firm Pulse Asia on the prevalence of fake news in the country which shows a high number of Filipinos acknowledging its severity. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously. Those behind it should be held accountable for their actions. Hindi tama na…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants purveyors of fake news fined and jailed in order to discourage them from spreading false and misleading news online and on social media. In pushing Senate Bill 1296, or an Act Criminalizing the Creation and Dissemination of Fake News as protection from online falsehoods and manipulation, it also seeks to…
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 22) — A senator on Thursday said he has filed a bill that seeks to criminalize “fake news” to stop its proliferation. “Click baits, propaganda, and manipulation of legitimate news segments to deliberately online falsehoods, false news or disinformation are so common nowadays, making it difficult to distinguish which is actual news…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:25 p.m.) — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill that seeks to make creating and spreading “fake news” a crime punishable under the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Under Senate Bill No. 1296, Estrada defines fake news as “misinformation and disinformation of stories, facts and news which is presented as a fact,…
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada has proposed to Congress to criminalize the creation and dissemination of fake news. Estrada filed Senate Bill 1296 in hopes of putting “a stop to the proliferation of disinformation and misinformation on the internet” by amending Sections 3 and 4 of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act. SB 1296 seeks to…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill which will make the creation and spreading of fake news a crime. Under Estrada’s Senate Bill No. 1296, fake news is defined as “misinformation and disinformation of stories, facts and news which is presented as a fact, the veracity of which cannot be confirmed,…
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