Media groups: Anti-disinfo bills are wrong response to real problem

House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

MANILA, Philippines – Media organizations said that pending anti-disinformation bills, which are the House Bill No. 9465 and its Senate equivalent, are the “wrong response to a real problem,” saying it undermines democratic freedoms.

Earlier in June, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to penalize disinformation deemed harmful to the public or a threat to national security.

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