Rights group calls on UN expert to look into disinformation, red-tagging
Rights group calls on UN expert to look into disinformation, red-tagging
UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan Photo: OHCHR
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan is urging the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression to look into what they describe as a dangerous pattern of disinformation and red-tagging.
UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan will reportedly conduct her official visit into the country in 2023.
In a statement, the rights group said that red-tagging and disinformation “affects the exercise of press freedom and freedom of expression.”
In particular, the group cited the series of red-tagging by Jeffrey Celiz and former anti-insurgency task force spokesperson Lorraine Badoy of journalists and other personalities in their regularly aired program in SMNI News Channel, “Laban Kasama ang Bayan.”
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