Tag: third-party fact checker

Palace questions anew Facebook’s choice of Rappler as third party fact-checker

(Eagle News) –The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 13, questioned anew Facebook’s choice of Rappler as its third party fact-checker. In a statement issued after Rappler’s chief executive officer and executive editor Maria Ressa was arrested for cyberlibel, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Palace found it “ironic” that Facebook, which he said has “transformed into a platform where netizens exercise their right to free speech” and has “resolve in combating disinformation, misinformation and all kinds […]