GETTING THE SOLUTION RIGHT

GETTING THE SOLUTION RIGHT

The pending anti-disinformation bills confuse the symptoms with the disease. Instead of addressing the political, economic, and technological systems that

GETTING THE SOLUTION RIGHT: A statement of Philippine media organizations and journalists on the pending anti-disinformation bills

The pending anti-disinformation bills confuse the symptoms with the disease. Instead of addressing the political, economic, and technological systems that manufacture and profit from coordinated information manipulation, they place the burden on individual expression and expand government authority over speech. This threatens democratic freedoms while leaving the real drivers of disinformation largely untouched.