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NBI monitoring 20 vloggers for spreading fake news online
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is monitoring 20 vloggers suspected of spreading fake news online, with two individuals facing arrest warrants.
NBI Director Jaime Santiago confirmed the agency has compiled a list of these vloggers, including one residing in the United States.
Potential charges such as cyber libel and inciting to sedition are being evaluated against the vloggers, with Santiago emphasizing that freedom of speech is not absolute.
House officials described the peak of fake news proliferation coinciding with the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for former president Rodrigo Duterte as an "embarrassment" and "humiliation."
False narratives, such as claims of Duterte missing and not receiving medical attention from the ICC, were cited as examples.
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