Batac police station in Ilocos apologizes for misleading post on Anti-Terror Act

The police office posted photos detailing who are terrorists and what are classified terroristic activities under to the controversial Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

For example, the post said a person would be considered a terrorist if they would be “donating or helping relief drives that aren’t state/government recognized” or are “posting, writing, sharing, and/or retweeting posts related to ‘terrorist activities.’” To counter their previous post, Batac City Police Station posted a photo from Altermidya, an alternative and progressive media site.

However, some netizens pointed out that the photos used by the police station actually came from Altermidya, in one of the information packages produced by the news site during discussions on the Anti-Terrorism Bill. We apologize for the misleading information regarding the Anti-Terror Bill the other day as it was erroneously posted….

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