{"id":143607,"date":"2018-01-04T01:01:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143607"},"modified":"2018-01-04T01:01:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T06:01:18","slug":"nujp-slams-facebook-for-taking-down-anti-marcos-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/04\/nujp-slams-facebook-for-taking-down-anti-marcos-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"NUJP slams Facebook for taking down anti-Marcos posts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA, Philippines \u2014 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Wednesday denounced social media giant Facebook for taking down posts that criticize the alleged compromise deal between the Duterte administration and the family of late President Ferdinand Marcos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NUJP condemns Facebook’s baseless takedown of netizens\u2019 posts critical of the government and institutions, as it is a direct infringement on the users\u2019 right to freedom of expression,\u201d NUJP said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call out Facebook for its arbitrary \u201ccommunity standards,\u201d which is often used as a basis for expurgating critical and thought-provoking commentaries,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

NUJP\u2019s statement came after Facebook took down on Tuesday the post of blogger-columnist Tonyo Cruz in reaction to the takedown of a viral post calling out the alleged compromise deal between the government and the Marcos family.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonyo Cruz, who writes a biweekly column for the Manila Bulletin, received past 8 p.m. a notice from Facebook that it has taken down his post entitled \u201cCommunity Standards ng mga Kawatan,\u201d it also said.<\/p>\n

The NUJP also urged Facebook to review its guidelines to ensure that it will not violate the people\u2019s right to freely express themselves.<\/p>\n

The post of Cruz denounced the takedown of the post of host and educator Gang Badoy, which contains photos of the alleged draft of the said agreement.<\/p>\n

The host\u2019s post was taken down by Facebook Tuesday morning for \u201cviolating community standards\u201d but was restored at past 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

The social media giant apologized for \u201caccidentally removing\u201d the content.<\/p>\n

Hours later, however, Cruz\u2019s post was taken down as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cFacebook has also prevented me from posting on its website and from accessing my Messenger account. The official reason they gave is that I violated \u2018community standards,\u201d Cruz said in a statement sent to\u00a0the NUJP.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can still log in but I cannot post, comment or send a message for the same reason \u2014 \u2018violation of community standards,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Badoy\u2019s post prompted a reaction from Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque denying the alleged deal,\u00a0however, confirmed the Palace had received a copy of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no truth to the allegation that the government has reached a compromise agreement with the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that Chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo said his office had received the proposal from lawyer Oliver Lozano who is known to be a Marcos loyalist.<\/p>\n

The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos distanced themselves from Lozano,\u00a0denying having a hand in the supposed compromise deal to settle their family\u2019s alleged ill-gotten wealth sequestered by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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