{"id":5659,"date":"2023-01-11T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csspsinag.wordpress.com\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2023-01-11T19:50:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:50:36","slug":"metas-crackdown-on-progressives-is-digital-martial-law-cegp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2023\/01\/11\/metas-crackdown-on-progressives-is-digital-martial-law-cegp\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s crackdown on progressives is \u201cDigital Martial Law\u201d \u2013 CEGP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) spokesperson Melanie Feranil condemned Facebook\u2019s rampant censorship of progressive organizations and formations, calling it part of a systematized effort to intimidate activists and prevent dissent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\u201cDigitalizing Martial Law or any other repressive stunts they may think of would not stop the campus press and the youth from calling \u2018never again\u2019 and \u2018never forget.\u2019 Instead, this will only spark anew the flames of First Quarter Storm and EDSA Revolution be it on the screens or the streets,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie Feranil, College Editors Guild of the Philippines National Spokesperson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Facebook\u2019s crackdown on progressive formations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) spokesperson Melanie Feranil condemned Facebook\u2019s rampant censorship of progressive organizations and formations, calling it part of a systematized effort to intimidate activists and prevent dissent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe purging of progressive contents and platforms reminds us of the dark times of Marcos Sr.\u2019s Martial Law. Despite being online, how this takedown nonetheless tears into our freedom to dissent and expression gives us no less than the chilling effect of 1972,\u201d said Feranil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feranil slammed Facebook after it took down CEGP\u2019s joint statement with UP Solidaridad and Alyansa ng Kabataang Mamamahayag ng PUP against digital censorship and attacks on campus publications, flagging it as \u201cspam activity,\u201d on Monday, January 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earlier statement was released after Facebook warned SINAG and the Manila Collegian that their pages were in danger of being unpublished for \u201cviolating community guidelines\u201d in their coverage of tribute programs for revolutionary leader Jose Maria Sison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook also deleted coverage from The Catalyst \u2014 the official student publication of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta has also taken down the Facebook pages of several progressive groups such as Anakbayan, Kilusang Mayo Uno, and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their statement, the press groups pointed out that while Meta\u2019s \u201carbitrary community standards\u201d have been used to stifle activism, they have done nothing to prevent the spread of disinformation and hate speech on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese assaults on publications are outright manifestations of the Marcosian political repression against journalists and students. It is a brazen incursion on the right to express and publish, especially within student institutions that ironically should be safe havens for critical thought and practice,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications under attack<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the censorship, the original statement condemned the outright attacks on college publications after trolls and state agents swarmed SINAG, claiming that it has been infiltrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines and calling the publication \u201cpropaganda machinery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said that the attacks were \u201cdesperate moves that cast a chilling effect on the exercise of campus press freedom, \u201c because the Marcoses are afraid that the campus press will expose their disinformation and historical distortion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only acceptable journalism for the administration and this regime is stenography\u2014a transcription-based PR journalism whose writers serve as parrots of their lies and deceptions,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugnayang Tanggol KAPP,\u00a0the College of Social Science and Philosophy\u2019s academic freedom network, also condemned the attacks on SINAG, saying that these are distractions from the government\u2019s failures, and that they are doomed to fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever they may call journalists and activists, the issues do not change: prices remain high, wages stay low, and the Filipino people are still steeped in poverty while those in power amass mountains of wealth. No amount of intimidation can conceal this worsening crisis,\u201d the network said in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEGP is likewise optimistic, saying that these attempts to intimidate the campus press will only further strengthen it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cDigitalizing Martial Law or any other repressive stunts they may think of would not stop the campus press and the youth from calling \u2018never again\u2019 and \u2018never forget.\u2019 Instead, this will only spark anew the flames of First Quarter Storm and EDSA Revolution be it on the screens or the streets,\u201d  said Feranil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#DefendTheCampusPress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image courtesy of Melanie Feranil<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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