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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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MANILA – The Senate committee on public information and mass media will hold a public hearing on Oct. 4 to tackle fake news.
Three resolutions and a bill seeking to curb false news and misinformation will be discussed during the inquiry that Grace Poe will lead at 9:30 a.m.
Senate Resolution No. 315, filed by Antonio Trillanes IV, seeks to look into some government officials allegedly spreading fake, erroneous, distorted, fabricated, and misleading news and false information.
“Due to the advent of modern technology, false, misleading, erroneous, and/or fabricated news are easily proliferated, and the public is susceptible to being misinformed and/or deliberately misled by unscrupulous and/or enterprising individuals,” Trillanes said.
On the other hand, Senate Resolution No. 259 – also filed by Trillanes – calls for remedial legislation to protect the public from manipulation through the deliberate spread of misinformation.
Francis Pangilinan filed Senate Resolution No. 271, which seeks to investigate the spread of misinformation and fake news sites on social media, particularly Facebook.
Joel Villanueva, for his part, authored Senate Bill No. 1492, which seeks to penalize persons or entities who maliciously offer, publish, distribute, circulate, and spread false news or information in print, broadcast or online media.
“The effect of fake news should not be taken lightly,” said Villanueva.
“Fake news creates impression and beliefs based on false premises, leading to division, misunderstanding and further exacerbating otherwise strenuous relations,” he added./PN
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