Philippines accuses Facebook of censoring pro-government content

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The Philippines accused Facebook on Tuesday of censoring pro-government content which it said was tantamount to curtailing freedom of speech and ...

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The Philippines accused Facebook on Tuesday of censoring pro-government content which it said was tantamount to curtailing freedom of speech and called for new measures to regulate the social media giant to"level the playing field".

In the Southeast Asian country, President Rodrigo Duterte has been bolstered by establishing a powerful support base on social media platforms like Facebook, a factor that was instrumental in his election victory in 2016.But Facebook last week dismantled a network of accounts that originated from China and the Philippines for engaging in"coordinated inauthentic behaviour", including one that Manila says it supports for its anti-communism stance.

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Duterte would not shut down Facebook, but he wants to understand how it regulates content in the Philippines where 65per cent percent of its 107 million people are users. "We need new policies to level the playing field on Facebook," Roque said, adding Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has called for regulation of online content.

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