THE PHILIPPINES’ telecommunication regulator has ordered local internet service providers to block the websites of groups identified with the Maoist movement.
The National Telecommunications Commission ordered the “immediate blocking of the reported websites found to be affiliated to and are supporting terrorists and terrorist organizations,” NTC Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba said in the June 8 memo.
“Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly have existed for years and have built a track record of reporting on people’s issues,” the National Union of Journalists said in a statement on Wednesday. “Sometimes, that reporting has been critical of government and its policies, but it is dangerous to equate this with affiliation or support that the government now claims.”It also said the NTC order showed the threats posed by a 2020 anti-terrorism law to freedom of expression and of the press.
“Since June 17, our subscribers using Smart/PLDT as their ISP informed us that they cannot access our website, prompting us to reach out to the IT company to inquire about the incident,” it said in a statement.
It added that no specific offense or evidence had been cited to justify the blocking the websites. “This again highlights the dangers of the anti-Terror Law.” “We call on the media, free speech advocates and opponents of the ‘terror law’ to stand together and push back against this latest attack.”
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