Nagpasa si Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan ng resolusyon para imbestigahan ang pagkalat ng mga pekeng balita sa Facebook at iba pang social media sites para impluwensiyahan ang publiko.
“The propagation of fake news stories has become an effective weapon of several political operatives to influence public opinion and national discourse,” saad sa Senate Resolution 271 ni Pangilinan.
Idiniin niya na dapat ding panagutin ang Facebook sa kawalan ng aksiyon sa pagkalat ng fake news.
“In this digital age, Facebook and other social media platforms play a crucial role in the practice of democracy.
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More than being an online platform, Facebook may be described as a de facto media company or publisher that should be responsible and accountable for the content it distributes and allows to be distributed, in order to protect the national discourse from fabricated and false news,” dagdag ni Pangilinan.
Ayon kay Pangilinan, kakaiba ang sitwasyon ng social media dahil walang nananagot dito, at kahit sino ay puwedeng maglathala ng kanyang paniniwala para siraan ang kapwa.
“There is a need to look at the systems that protect the freedoms accorded to all Filipinos by our Constitution, especially where those freedoms are being undermined by a surge in social media abuse through the propagation of falsehoods, defamation, character assassination, and national security threats,” paliwanag ni Pangilinan.
(Leonel M. Abasola)
