Thread by @PunchTheLies

Oh well, watching the Senate hearing on fake news online, @mannypacquiao just mentioned @cocoy ! Kapag bobo talaga madaling ma-fake news 😂

.@iMthinkingPinoy just mentioned @MadamClaudiaAko , @cocoy @SilentNoMorePH

Nieto ( @iMthinkingPinoy ): Mainstream media needs to be introspective bec real news are minsan sobrang sabog.

Nieto (@iMthinkingPinoy ): We should legislate right of reply. If libelous news is published about us, we should have a space to address it.

Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy said there was a time that Rappler @rapplerdotcom didn’t reply him.

Nieto: I would be able to reveal more details if we go into an executive session with immunity.

.@kikopangilinan: Why should we need to go into executive session before Nieto reveals information?

.@mannypacquiao moves to invite Dayao @cocoy should there be on next hearing.

.@mannypacquiao to PCOO: What do you suggest we do to stop the spread of Fake News online?

PCOO: The fight vs fake news is nothing new but technology has brought it to epic proportions.

PCOO: First and most important, find a legal definition of fake news.

PCOO: Our tendencies to exaggerate–and even lying at times, are protected as free speech.

PCOO: We cannot stop people from sharing fake news even after it has been established as fake. We need better education on this.

.@mannypacquiao: Have we prosecuted against bloggers/sites that have released Fake News?
Drilon: I have already convicted someone of libel.

Drilon: It is possible to go after them. The processes are there, they exist.

NBI: cybercrime cases received through the years: In 2017, 1,515 cases were filed.

PCOO: Until we define just what fake news is, any of us here could be charged with spreading Fake News

.@risahontiveros: The gov't already has an idea of how to define fake news as we've lead the roundtable discussion on this.

PCOO: We would like a definition that is in the law, which would allow us to penalize people.

.@mannypacquiao: Do we have data on how many websites/bloggers are spreading Fake News?

PCOO: We do not yet have this data as it is not in our mandate to monitor them.

Pacquiao: What actions is the NBI taking to monitor Fake news sites?

NBI: There is no gov't agency mandated to monitor social media. We act on cases that are filed.

.@MochaUson: I've been a victim of this & have been bashed because of it.

.@MochaUson: It's a good thing that Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy was able to expose Dayao @cocoy . Bloggers should have accountability

Grace Poe to Uson: at least you know now the feeling of a fake news victim

.@SenGracePOE: Bloggers should be open, not like whoever is behind Silent No More @SilentNoMorePH who continues to hide.

: News orgs have ways to police each other. There are bosses who can fire journos. Bloggers are accountable only to themselves.

PCOO: The goal of the PCOO is to give out government information.

PCOO: We acknowledge that times are changing, we need social media influencers to give out the gov't info as well.

Nieto just mentioned the HT #NasaanAngPangulo as fake news vs Duterte.... mentioned Joyce Ramirez as promoter; @cocoy mentioned too

Edwin Lacierda @dawende to Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy: You cannot speak such allegations in front of the Senate without proof.

Nieto claims Joyce Ramirez as behind #NasaanAngPangulo, was hired by Mar Roxas so Mamasapano backlash would only be on PNoy.

Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy: I have written about this. I detailed the evidence that I found.

Lacierda @dawende: He is basing this on 6 degrees of separation. Not evidence

Another name mentioned! Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy names Pete Silva as working to protect Robredo from backlash by attacking Marcos, etc.

Sotto: This is good. Now the public knows that you may be able to start at first but there are ways to find you out.

Sen Binay @nancybinay asks social media influencers if they were paid during the past election.

PCOO: If the Senate could look into social media platforms & find a way to regulate them bec it's also about algorithms.

Vera Files @verafiles: What we do is fact check. We are the only accredited PH group by the Int'l Fact-Checking Network.

Vera Files @verafiles: Fake News are lies masquerading as truth. We have laws to go after media mistakes.

Vera Files: The burden should be on the source of the FakeNews because journalists report as accurately as possible.

Villanueva: We need to clarify that malicious intent should be established when going after those spreading Fake News.

Villanueva: In libel, if malicious intent is proven, you can be sued.

Bam Aquino to Uson: May isang beses ka bang nanghingi ng side sa kahit isa sa amin bago ka maglabas ng yong blog?

Now I can’t stop laughing ... @MochaUson madam Asec bakit di kayo marunong sumagot? Hahaha jusmiyo napakasimple 😂

.@bamaquino to @MochaUson: You accuse GMA of never getting your side, in all your reports, have you ever asked us for ours?

.@MochaUson: GMA are journalists. They have to get both sides. Ako naman ay blogger.

.@bamaquino: Yes or no, have you ever reached out to get our side in your posts?

@MochaUson: I refuse to answer based on my right to refuse

:It is a blogger's right to blog their opinions unlike mainstream media that should be objective

Then why complain abt @cocoy?

.@SenGracePOE to PCOO: Is @MochaUson hired by PCOO as a blogger?

.@risahontiveros: Andanar @martinandanar has said that bloggers should follow the journalists's code of ethics.

PCOO: That is Andanar's opinion, not yet policy.

PCOO: @MochaUson is accountable for her personal blog. She blogs not as Asec of PCOO.

.@nancybinay to @MochaUson: It's time to decide between being a blogger and being Asec.

.@MochaUson: My blogging is me exercising my freedom of speech.

ABS-CBN: Fake News is the wrong term, the more accurate term would be "misinformation."

ABS-CBN: Media organizations have ways of policing themselves.

.@kikopangilinan: Facebook is the biggest disseminator of Fake News.
Tony La Viña: Regulations should be on the platforms not just bloggers.

Fmr Ateneo School of Gov't Dean Tony La Viña: Freedom of speech is sacrosanct in my view.

Sen. @kikopangilinan: Are you being compensated by govt now?

Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy: I am consultant for DFA. I'm receiving P12,000 a month

.@kikopangilinan: You're receiving P12,000 a month for being consultant. Do you have people under you?

Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy: NO

: I just help to communicate the updates to OFWs. I don't think I lost my right to free speech when I became a consultant.

: It's not crime to hurt anyone's feelings.

Yun pala eh bakit atat na atat kayo kay @cocoy na inaakala nyong PAB? 😂

Villar, pinaiimbita ang Silent No More PH

Lacierda: For the record, I did not write that piece about "7 Sens."

Lacierda @dawende: I have nothing to do with "7 Sens." @Abi_Valte nothing to do with that, too.

Ex-USec. @Abi_Valte: I am not the owner, administrator of Silent No More!

Lacierda @dawende: The Office of the President (during PNoy admin) never hired Cocoy Dayao @cocoy

: Yes, you are entitled to your own opinions but you are not entitled to your own facts.

.@Abi_Valte: Aside from defining fake news, we should also look at people who make money out of these sites.

Blogger Mark Lopez: Villar got the names from my Facebook post. Info was fed to me privately. I was simply asking if it was true.

.@SenGracePOE: At face value, this is all hearsay.
Mark Lopez: I did not categorically say that they are behind the page. I was asking.

.@fthilbay: There is a difference between claims of false info by ordinary citizens and those by gov't officials.

.@fthilbay: Prevalence of false information is a threat to democracy.

.@fthilbay: Official status provides official imprimatur to information, whether posted on government or personal social media accounts.

.@fthilbay: When public officials become dishonest, it is the obligation of the State to correct distortions in the marketplace of ideas.

.@fthilbay: Institute for information can create standards for verifying informations, vet the info and then publicize findings.

Nieto: Political neutrality refers to serving everyone equally, regardless of political affiliation.

Nieto @iMthinkingPinoy: Political neutrality refers to serving everyone equally, regardless of political affiliation.

Bam to Nieto