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#NoToABSCBNShutDown tops local Twitter list after NTC issues halt order

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/01/06/20200110-abs-cbn.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA – Twitter users are standing with ABS-CBN after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the network Tuesday to stop broadcasting following the expiration of its franchise.The hashtag #NoToABSCBNShutDown topped Twitter trending list in the Philippines late Tuesday afternoon, calling on the government to let the country’s largest entertainment and media conglomerate to stay on air.&quot;This is how liberty dies...&quot; with dead air. #DefendPressFreedom,” Former Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te wrote on Twitter.The College Editors Guild of the Philippines also condemned NTC’s move, saying it is a “desperate move by the Duterte administration to gag the free press.”“In this pandemic we need the media to tell us our country&#x27;s current situation. ABS-CBN has a wide reach in the Philippines, especially its regional networks,” another Twitter user wrote.On Sunday, Solicitor General Jose Calida cautioned NTC against issuing ABS-CBN a provisional authority to operate while its application for franchise renewal remains pending in Congress.Calida had also lodged a quo warranto petition against the company&#x27;s franchise that expired May 4 as he accused ABS-CBN of abuses like illegal pay-per-view offering and foreign ownership. The Lopez-led network, which reaches millions of Filipinos through its television, radio and online platforms, said it had not violated the law in its 65-year service.ABS-CBN and its subsidiaries have over 11,000 employees. <div>News.abs-cbn.com is the official news website of ABS-CBN Corp.</div>

Twitter users are standing with ABS-CBN after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the network to stop broadcasting following the expiration of its franchise.

Twitter users are standing with ABS-CBN after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the network to stop broadcasting following the expiration of its franchise.