Leave Facebook? Roque says FB fact-checkers Rappler, Vera Files also partisan

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A Palace spokesman on Monday raised the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s supporters on Facebook shifting to another site after pro-Duterte sites were banned on the social media giant.Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Facebook&#x27;s decision to tap Rappler and Vera Files to fact-check websites sharing content on social media is FB&#x27;s own solution to counter fake news.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<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>&quot;There are those complaining that the chosen &#x27;police of truth&#x27;, so to speak are sometimes partisan themselves and of course this is the problem with truth -- that can be subjective depending on your political perspective and that is why I commiserate with those that object with the selection of Rappler and Vera Files because we know where they stand,&quot; he told Palace reporters.Roque said Facebook users who are unhappy with the social network&#x27;s decision should make their issues heard on the platform.Asked about the call of Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. executive 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;He noted that there is a widespread movement to delete Facebook not just because of fake news but because of privacy concerns.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/13/18/privacy-body-probes-facebook-data-breach-demands-full-disclosure">Privacy body probes Facebook data breach, demands full disclosure</a></li></ul>Manila Bulletin technology editor Art Samaniego earlier told DZMM radio that he disagreed with the social media giant&#x27;s recent move to partner with Rappler and Vera Files to check the spread of fake news on its platform.&quot;Hindi censorship ang solution para sa akin. Para sa akin ang solusyon d&#x27;yan ay education,&quot; Samaniego said.(Censorship is not the solution for me. I think the solution is education.)&quot;Para sa akin kasi dapat ikaw mismo ang mimimili kung ano ang para sa &#x27;yo ano yung gusto mong makita ano yung gusto mong marinig,&quot; said Samaniego.(For me, it should be you who chooses what you want to see and what you want to hear.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/04/15/18/facebook-blocking-of-fake-news-is-censorship-tech-journalist">Facebook blocking of &#x27;fake news&#x27; is censorship - tech journalist</a></li></ul><div> </div>

PARTISAN FACT-CHECKERS? A Palace spokesman on Monday raised the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte's supporters on Facebook shifting to another site after pro-Duterte sites were banned on the social media giant.

PARTISAN FACT-CHECKERS? A Palace spokesman on Monday raised the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte's supporters on Facebook shifting to another site after pro-Duterte sites were banned on the social media giant.

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Leave Facebook? Roque says FB fact-checkers Rappler, Vera Files also partisan

Leave Facebook? Roque says FB fact-checkers Rappler, Vera Files also partisan

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Published Apr 16, 2018 12:23 PM PHT

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