Comelec signs deal with Rappler

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The Comelec gives Rappler access to real-time data on the results of the May 2013 elections

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) embraces online and social media as it gives Rappler access to real-time data on the results of the May 2013 elections. Paterno Esmaquel reports.

For the first time, an online news group will directly access real-time data on Philippine election results.

In a unanimous decision, the Comelec allows Rappler to host a 4th server for the May 13 elections. Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr seals the deal in a memorandum of agreement with Rappler CEO Maria Ressa.

This adds to the 3 servers allowed to access election data in 2010: the Comelec central server, the boards of canvassers, and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.

The Comelec requires Rappler to pay for the server and other related expenses. 

Rappler also agrees to host connections from other media outlets with clearance from Comelec.

In the memorandum of agreement, Comelec explains why it allowed a 4th server upon Rappler’s request.

It says it acknowledges the potential of Rappler’s Mood Meter, Mood Navigator, and other mapping tools “in capturing the imagination of netizens and the youth and helping them understand and get more involved in the electoral process.”

SIXTO BRILLANTES JR., COMELEC CHAIRMAN: We will go into the social media aspect of this elections, and with Rappler actually at the head of this endeavor.

Broadcast giant GMA Network, however, files a motion for reconsideration. Brillantes says the Comelec will resolve this motion on Thursday, March 21.

Ressa says the partnership of 4 groups – Comelec, Rappler, telecommunications giant Smart, and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting – will make the 2013 election coverage more responsive than 2010.

MARIA RESSA, RAPPLER CEO: Now with technology, when they come together, now, it’s a whole different thing. Technology, social media, the Internet, and the last part, big data, will give us great insight into our Filipinos, into our politics.

Paterno Esmaquel, Rappler, Manila.

– Rappler.com

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