UFC Octagon Girl Red Dela Cruz among Filipino celebrities allegedly paid to spread Duterte propaganda
Alleged payouts to several Filipino celebrities have been revealed.
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Since taking office in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte and his powerful allies in the Philippine government have been in the middle of countless controversies. This includes what the United Nations deems as “widespread human rights violations” against drug suspects, activists, journalists and Indigenous peoples.
Apart from threats and violence, Duterte’s camp has also consistently weaponized social media through the years seemingly to gain and keep control, and to silence detractors.
In 2020, Facebook removed over a hundred “fake accounts” and pages linked to the Philippine police and military. These pages were not only said to be spreading false information about controversial issues in the country, but several accounts from police were also reportedly investigated for “red-tagg
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Cambodia’s Internet Clampdown: A ‘Great Firewall’, or No Worse than the West?
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“[Is there] any country which does not control the Internet? The USA and England have it … so Cambodia made this sub-decree by learning from other countries.”
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On February 16, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree to set up a National Internet Gateway (NIG).
The Cambodian government initially proposed the NIG in July 2020 with the stated goal of controlling and monitoring online traffic. The system will route all international internet traffic through a single entry point.
According to the 11-page decree released on February 17, the NIG is intended to “facilitate and manage domestic and international internet connections, to enhance national revenue collection effectively, to protect national security, and to maintain social order.
Country Director, ILO, Bangladesh
The ILO Convention Eliminating Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190) and its accompanying Recommendation (R206) went through a long process and it culminated in the adoption of the convention in the ILO Centenary Conference in 2019. The Bangladesh government voted in favour of the adoption of the Convention C190 and Recommendation R206 and we are optimistic about the ratification of C190 by the government of Bangladesh. Workers and Employers organisation need to engage to discuss the convention s ratification and figure out how it can be integrated into the national system through legislation to improve practices in addressing workplace violence and harassment.. Without addressing issues around violence and harassment, including GBV in the world of work, it is impossible to achieve the Decent Work Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).