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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn another case of censorship, Meta took down a post by the College Editors Guild of the Philippines – Southern Tagalog chapter condemning the conviction of former CEGP-ST Secretary General Alexandria Pacalda today, March 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meta said that CEGP-ST\u2019s post went “against their community guidelines” for “coordinating harm and promoting crime.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the post only showed pictures of CEGP-ST\u2019s members registering their opposition to Lucena RTC Branch 56 Judge Salvador Villarosa\u2019s decision to convict Pacalda for trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On September 14, 2019, Pacalda was arrested without warrant while investigating human rights violations in General Luna, Quezon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The editors\u2019 guild alleged that, as she was detained by the 85th Infantry Battalion and the 201st Infantry Brigade, Pacalda experienced psychological torture eventually forcing her to sign an affidavit of voluntary surrender as a \u201cmember of the New People\u2019s Army.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guild condemned the decision to erase the post, calling it Meta’s collaboration with the Marcos-Duterte administration in coordinating digital censorship and promoting disinformation, historical distortion, and black propaganda against dissenters and dissent in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not the first time that Meta has taken down posts by campus publications and campus press associations condemning attacks on the press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In December, Meta took down posts by SINAG, UP Manila\u2019s the Manila Collegian, and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines\u2019s the Catalyst. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When CEGP released a statement condemning the takedown, Meta took it down as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n