Facebook takes down journ group’s page after anti-Duterte post

On Sunday, June 5, at least two journalists said that the Facebook page of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) was taken down after the group released a statement condemning Duterte’s remarks justifying the killing of some practitioners for alleged corrupt practices. In the statement, EJAP said the incoming president’s pronouncements “can be construed as soliciting violence against …practitioners.” This isn’t the first time Facebook has removed an anti-Duterte post. On June 1, it took down a post by TV5 anchor Ed Lingao, where he criticized Duterte’s plan to allow the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Heroes’ Cemetery.

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