Category: social media
Dismissal won’t make us go away
By Marian Pastor Roces We are told off: with freedom comes responsibility. As though we didn’t know. As though we — the cyber-throng quick-witted enough to recognize bs thrown at us — don’t know, uhhhm, shit.
cyberlibel law will “level the playing field” ?!?
before anything else, kudos cheers mabuhays to SENATOR TG GUINGONA for voting NO to the cybercrime act, the only one who dared, cared, on grounds that the libel clause is a prior restraint on freedom of expression, a constitutionally guaranteed … Continue reading
Amend the Anti-Cybercrime law
Editorial, The Manila Times The Anti-Cybercrime Law may have been crafted with the best of intentions, but the final version of the bill poses nothing less than a most serious threat to our freedom of speech. The full name of … Continue reading
Sotto’s scot-free (and why it’s our fault)
Katrina Stuart Santiago Yes plagiarism might seem small and petty, it can seem like an academic thing, but it certainly isn’t moot, and I don’t know that making fun of Tito Sotto, in whatever way, will mean people taking this … Continue reading
burn baby burn: the falsity of FB engagement
by radikalchick since this Rogue piece on the literati and mainstream literary system went online, what has infinitely been interesting is how it has revealed the kind of thinking that we have about literature and culture, including but not limited … Continue reading
calling out ressa
a public apology via social media is in order, methinks. in case you’re not on facebook or twitter, check out this sequence of tweets over radikalchick’s opinion blog going to the dogs, a follow-up on lito zulueta’s Who will watch … Continue reading