Gilbert Gapay has clarified that his proposal to add social media in the anti-terrorism law was to regulate the use of the platforms, and not its users. “What I meant by that is to regulate and put order on the social media platforms, not the users per se,” Gapay said in an interview over CNN Philippines’ “News.PH” Friday night. The AFP chief then cited that some countries are coordinating with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to look into contents being uploaded in their platforms. “We are proposing the idea through DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology), if we could coordinate with these social media platforms to somehow regulate yung mga ina-upload nila sa kanilang platforms (those being uploaded in their platforms),” he said, hoping that the same will be done in the Philippines too. “Like, of course, violent materials, like terrorist groups beheading their captives and even bomb-making, it’s all on the Internet,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 08, 2020 16:11 UTC