MANILA, Philippines — A human rights consultant tapped by Meta Platforms, Inc., which handles social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, found out that the use of Facebook in the Philippines gave advantages and risks to the state of human rights. “There was a couple of key areas where human rights were really advanced by the platform. Over the years, the administration has been accused of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in the drug war and anti-insurgency campaign — complaints that Article One also received from human rights groups and advocates. Human rights defenders are also targeted with red-tagging and terror-tagging increasingly, and are threatened online across the country, “ she noted. How we address safety, security and human rights is not static.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 03, 2021 05:12 UTC