Bulatlat to NSC: 'Rescind' Esperon's letter to block website

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2168421" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>MANILA — Journalism professor and Bulatlat editor Danilo Arao on Friday called on the officials of the National Security Council to &quot;rescind&quot; former NSA Hermogenes Esperon&#x27;s letter to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) blocking their website and many others.</p><p>In a letter in June, Esperon asked the NTC to block access to websites linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People&#x27;s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). </p><p>The request included websites of progressive groups and independent media like Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/22/22/govt-urged-to-block-access-to-websites-of-cpp-npa-bulatlat">Gov&#x27;t urged to block access to websites of CPP-NPA-NDF, Bulatlat</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Sinabi nila publicly nina [National Security Adviser Clarita] Carlos at [Deputy National Security Adviser-designate Rommel] Banlaoi na hindi nila ito-tolerate &#x27;yung red-tagging,&quot; Arao told ABS-CBN&#x27;s TeleRadyo. </p><p>&quot;Sana i-rescind nila basically &#x27;yung letter na calling on red-tagging.&quot; </p><p>(Carlos and Banlaoi said publicly that they will not tolerate red-tagging. I hope they will rescind basically the letter calling on red-tagging.)</p><p>He made the call as a Quezon City court granted Bulatlat&#x27;s plea for a writ of preliminary injunction to stop the NTC from enforcing its order blocking its website. </p><p>&quot;Evidently there is violation or curtailment of plaintiff’s right to free speech and of the press when its publisher&#x27;s and reader&#x27;s access to its website was limited,&quot; the court said.</p><p>But the issuance of writ of preliminary injunction in favor of Bulatlat is conditioned on posting of a P100,000 bond to answer for damages defendants might suffer because of the injunction. </p><p>Arao said they&#x27;re conducting a fund-raising project to complete the amount.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/25/22/ibp-ntc-has-no-power-to-block-news-websites">IBP: NTC ‘has no power’ to block news websites after Esperon request</a></li></ul><p>The win is just a &quot;preliminary victory,&quot; Arao said, as their ultimate goal &quot;is the nullification of the memorandum in its entirety&quot; to lift the blocking order.</p><p>When Carlos was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/22/marcos-jr-picks-retired-up-professor-clarita-carlos-as-national-security-adviser">appointed</a> as National Security Adviser by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, she ordered to stop red-tagging individuals.</p><p>&quot;Why are you ID-ing [identifying] people as if you are concluding already? Stop this red-tagging,&quot; she said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/09/22/stop-this-red-tagging-incoming-natl-security-adviser-carlos-to-focus-on-human-security">&#x27;Stop this red-tagging&#x27;: Incoming Nat&#x27;l Security Adviser Carlos to focus on &#x27;human security&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED STORY</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2090585" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Danilo Arao called on the officials of the NSC to 'rescind' former NSA Hermogenes Esperon's letter to the NTC blocking their website and many others.

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Bulatlat to NSC: 'Rescind' Esperon's letter to block website

Bulatlat to NSC: 'Rescind' Esperon's letter to block website

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Published Aug 12, 2022 12:29 PM PHT

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