Philippine police investigate 23 for coronavirus ‘fake news’, cyber libel

The Philippine National Police are investigating 23 people for “spreading unverified and false information on the Covid-19 outbreak” and committing cyber libel, while a group of academics want a section punishing “fake news” about the virus to be removed from the emergency bill signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in March. The revelation over the police investigations comes amid a diplomatic row between the Philippines and Taiwan over Elanel Egot Ordidor, a Filipino domestic helper who works…

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