Government uses Facebook to justify murder
The fact that fake news is twisting the political world has long been regarded as dangerous, but it has been pointed out that Facebook is being used to justify 'government murder' in the Philippines. Journalist
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On August 17, 2020, Zara Alvarez, a member of the human rights NGO Karapatan, was killed in six shots on the streets of the Philippine city of Bacolod. The person who killed Alvarez has escaped and has not yet been arrested, but many attribute Alvarez's death to what is called 'Red-tagging.'
In 2018, the Philippine Justice Department released a list of 600 'communists who cause violent rebellion,' including journalists and opposition politicians, and Alvarez was included in this list. Alvarez is the thirteenth member of Karapatan to have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in 2016. The 13 murdered people followed a similar pattern, all of which were first disseminated with false information, followed by posters and flyers calling attention to the public as 'terrorists' and 'communist sympathizers,' and then further false. Amplified through the parent government's SNS account. After following this path, the targeted person will either be arrested or killed like Mr. Alvarez.
Under President Duterte, the Philippine government continues to use SNS such as Facebook to make unfounded claims against 'government enemies,' while spreading exaggerated or false news about the government's success. It is said.
The 75-year-old President Duterte is the oldest elected President of the Philippines, but he says he is good at using SNS.
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President Duterte served as mayor of Davao, Mindanao, Philippines for nearly 20 years, during which time a vigilante called ' Davao Death Squad ' could super-legally kill law-breakers and drug traffickers. It was accepted. Even after becoming president in 2016, President Duterte has the same vision as Mayor Davao, saying, 'We can save the Philippines under the threat of violent drug traffickers, communists and terrorists. Mr. Guest points out that he is conducting politics based on the 'story' that 'is only a powerful person who is willing to arm himself.' For this reason, in the Philippines, it is considered a dangerous person just because it supports the Communist Party, and it will be targeted by the government.
Fake news has become a problem in many countries, but in the Philippines it is particularly dangerous as it directly leads to murder.
In the Philippines, 97% of the population uses Facebook, but while many politicians have only used the platform shallowly, Duterte's supporters 'deep into the depths of voters, creating fear, We succeeded in amplifying it. ' Strategic Communications Limited, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, an election consulting firm allegedly related to the Russian Gate issue, was involved in the election of President Duterte and said, 'Rebranding clients with strong and serious actors. 'I advertise that he made an unknown candidate a president.
Maria Ressa, CEO of news site Rappler, which has been recording disinformation online since 2016, said President Duterte was trying to get people to admit 'killing drug traffickers with lynching.' He states that he was using Facebook. In 2017, President Duterte nominated singer Mocha Wooson as a public relations assistant. Mr. Wooson is often accused of 'spreading misinformation,' but people inside the government who defend Mr. Wooson and President Duterte are still broadcasting fake news to honor the government's achievements. thing. For example, Mr. Wooson published a photo of a murder in Brazil as 'evidence' justifying the murder of drug users in the Philippines.
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'Everyone who questioned the war on drugs was attacked on Facebook, so people became silent. When people were allowed to be killed, it was time to say,'You can kill people.' The propaganda seeds are sown. I didn't expect the Filipinos to accept this, but it happened, 'says Lessa. Officially, police have killed 5,500 people since President Duterte came to power, but it is estimated that 27,000 people were actually killed by vigilantes.
So far, an 80-year-old Benedictine nun has been nominated as a communist terrorist, and actress Liza Soberano has also been 'red-tagged' after giving a speech at an event hosted by a women's rights group. I did. Mr. Sovereign is also concerned that he may follow the same path as the activists killed so far.
The Philippine rights group is investigating 89 activists who died between 2017 and 2019. 'It starts by labeling people as drug traffickers, and targets are tagged as'terrorists'and'communist sympathizers' after being accused, creating a climate of horror,' said Christina Parabay of Karapatan. Needs a boogie man to power the story, and that's why journalists, opponents, and others need to use us to create'risk factors' to justify violence. '
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