Bulatlat maintains that these so-called “cyber security” efforts could mean online surveillance, distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks, “fake news” and other forms of attacks aimed to suppress freedom of the press and of expression, as well as the people’s right to information. This issue was brought to the attention of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan who will hold her official country visit next week.
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Yearender Special: Human rights violations persist under Marcos Jr.
Despite attempts to deviate himself from his predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr has continued a counterinsurgency policy which resulted in gross human rights violations.
Bulatlat trains journos in human rights reporting
Bulatlat’s training is part of its project titled, “Advancing Human rights Reporting in the Philippines as a Tool for Upholding Gender Fairness, Democracy and Accountability” through its publisher Alipato Media Center. The six-month project is being supported by the German Embassy Manila.
In the Philippines, cyber censorship is a new form of authoritarianism
Media outlets have been subjected to DDoS attacks.
Press Release | NTC’s motion for inhibition of judge in website blocking case neither just nor valid
“It is an insult to the intelligence and independence of the presiding Judge, and the entire judicial system for that matter.”
Attacks vs media asked to be tackled in UN review on PH
In an effort to highlight the attacks against press freedom in the international community, alternative media groups have submitted their complaints to experts from the United Nations on Friday, Nov. 11, in Geneva Switzerland.
Congrats, Bu!
Bulatlat receives CMFR’s 2022 Award of Distinction.
Journalists union denounces red-tagging of officer
“However silly the term ‘operatibang internet operator’ sounds, the attempt to link Ms. Olea to the CPP-NPA-NDF for her work in Bulatlat and in NUJP shows how hollow the claim made by Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla before the UN Human Rights Council that red-tagging is simple criticism that is ‘part of a democracy.'”
QC Court grants Bulatlat’s plea vs blocking memo
“To the Court, any limitation or restriction in the exercise of one’s right, no matter the extent, is a form of deprivation and clearly a violation of such right.”
Bulatlat asks court to reconsider denial of TRO vs NTC block order
In the motion, Bulatlat argued that the memorandum filed by the NTC “is a content-based prior restraint on protected expression, which is unconstitutional” and Bulatlat “suffered from grave injustice or irreparable injury” from the implementation of the website blocking.
After denying TRO, what’s next in the fight to #UnblockBulatlat?
Minerva Lopez of the NUPL, who is also among the lawyers of Bulatlat, said that despite the denial of the TRO, “the merits of the case are yet to be decided upon by the court.”