PCOO to protest Facebook team-up with Rappler, Vera Files

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/04/05/fb.jpg"/><figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. <em>Dado Ruvic, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will oppose Facebook&#x27;s move to tap media organizations Rappler and Vera Files to fact-check websites sharing erroneous content, an official said Monday.</p><p>PCOO Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy said her office lauds the social media giant for its efforts to battle fake news but added: &quot;We would also like to register our protest at the choice of fact-checkers by Facebook.&quot;</p><p>The issue, she said, will be on the agenda when the PCOO meets with Facebook representatives &quot;soon.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asec Loraine Badoy: PCOO protests Facebook’s choice of Rappler and Vera Files as fact-checkers | via <a href="https://twitter.com/pia_gutierrez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pia_gutierrez</a> <a href="https://t.co/t4GhLJq30a">pic.twitter.com/t4GhLJq30a</a></p>— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/985746964393398272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Rappler and Vera Files had earned flak from President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s supporters for running stories critical of the government.</p><p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the 2 media outlets &quot;are sometimes partisan themselves.&quot;<br/> <br/>Roque said Facebook users who are unhappy with the social network&#x27;s decision should make their issues heard on the platform.</p><p>Asked about the call of gaming regulator Jimmy Bondoc to leave Facebook and shift to Russian-based online social network VK.com, Roque said: &quot;That is a free market place of ideas...My advice is for the Facebook users to make their wishes known to Facebook and of course, the possibility of shifting is always there.&#x27;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/16/18/leave-facebook-roque-says-fb-fact-checkers-rappler-vera-files-also-partisan">Leave Facebook? Roque says FB fact-checkers Rappler, Vera Files also partisan</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/14/18/facebook-blocks-some-websites-with-filipino-content-violating-its-guidelines">Facebook blocks some websites with Filipino content violating its guidelines</a></li></ul>

<p>The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will oppose Facebook's move to tap media organizations Rappler and Vera Files to fact-check websites sharing erroneous content, an official said Monday.</p>

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will oppose Facebook's move to tap media organizations Rappler and Vera Files to fact-check websites sharing erroneous content, an official said Monday.

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PCOO to protest Facebook team-up with Rappler, Vera Files

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