Pinuri ng publiko ang inisyatibo ng social media platform giant na Facebook kaugnay sa pagsugpo at paglaganap ng maling impormasyon sa social media. Kung marami ang natuwa sa aksyon ng Facebook ikinabahala naman ito ng ibang social media users kabilang ng mga tagasuporta ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Kinuwestiyon nga ng Malacañang kung naging makatarungan ang ginawang aksyon ng Facebook sa pag-pili sa Rappler at Vera Files bilang third party fact-checking sites ng naturang social media platform.
WATCH: Presidential spokesman Harry Roque slams Facebook's partnership with Rappler and Vera Files in cracking down alleged "fake news" site. @dzIQ990 pic.twitter.com/n6ZhDC7kCV
— chonayuINQ (@chonayu1) April 16, 2018
Sa isang press briefing nitong Lunes, sinabi ng tagapagsalita ng palasyo na si Harry Roque na ang programa o inisyatibong ito ng pinakamalaking social network site sa mundo ay ang “solusyon” sa lumalaganap na problema sa maling impormasyon o fake news.
Gayunpaman, sinabi ni Roque na nakikisimpatiya s’ya sa ibang Facebook users na hindi nasiyahan sa pagpili ng Facebook sa Rappler at Vera Files bilang third party fact-checking partners.
Professor Antonio Contreras questions the credibility and fairness of Rappler and Vera Files as fact-checkers for Facebook in this #ANCRecap. #ANCEarlyEdition pic.twitter.com/xAEbGBDh3x
— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) April 16, 2018
Ipinahayag rin ni Roque na maaaring maging subjective ang naturang websites depende sa kanilang pampulitikang pananaw.
“Dapat mayroong mas bahagyang tagapamagitan ng katotohanan,” banat nya.
Nitong linggo, sinimulan ng Facebook ang pag-block sa piling mga websites ng pro-Duterte na pinaghihinalaang naghahatid ng pekeng balita.
Asec Loraine Badoy: PCOO protests Facebook’s choice of Rappler and Vera Files as fact-checkers | via @pia_gutierrez pic.twitter.com/t4GhLJq30a
— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) April 16, 2018
My advice to Rappler and Vera Files is to immediately get out of the news business. It's only a matter of a short time when Rappler and Vera Files will publish an article that is FAKE NEWS. When that happens Maria Ressa and Ellen Tordesillas will be the swimming in brickbats
— SS (@garettinshadow) April 16, 2018
GRPost writers always have a backup plan. We are not scared of being censored on Facebook by Rappler and Vera Files. They cannot shut down our website so our subscribers can still read our articles. We are also on Twitter and have the GRPcommunity group on FB too.
— ilda (@ilda_talk) April 16, 2018
Rappler and Vera Files being the only Filipino fact checkers for Facebook constitute A MONOPOLY OF CONTROL OVER SOCMED AND PRIOR RESTRAINT @ilda_talk @benign0 @edrlopez @rsurtida @chinocracy @grpfallenangel #TimeToFight
— Paul Farol (@paulfarol) April 12, 2018
Rappler and Vera Files being the only Filipino fact checkers for Facebook constitute A MONOPOLY OF CONTROL OVER SOCMED AND PRIOR RESTRAINT @ilda_talk @benign0 @edrlopez @rsurtida @chinocracy @grpfallenangel #TimeToFight
— Paul Farol (@paulfarol) April 12, 2018
Ayon naman kay Sass Sasot, masugid na tagasuporta ng administrasyon, ang Vera Files di umano ay pinondohan ng National Endowment for Democracy na isang organisasyon na pinondohan ng CIA.
Vera Files is funded by the National Endowment for Democracy an organization funded by the CIA. In its new role as one of the vanguards of information that would circulate on FB, I hope Vera Files won’t censor views inimical to US interests. Asa pa ako?
Vera Files is funded by the National Endowment for Democracy an organization funded by the CIA. In its new role as one of the vanguards of information that would circulate on FB, I hope Vera Files won't censor views inimical to US interests. Asa pa ako?
— Sass Rogando Sasot (@srsasot) April 13, 2018
Samantala hinimok naman ng ibang tagasuporta ng administrasyon ang publiko na lumipat sa Russian social media platform na VK.
