US EditionRadio Reporter’s Arrest over Manila Councilor Warrant Report Hit
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Reporter’s arrest over report on criminal case an ‘abuse of the law’
“While the security of personal information is important, the [Data Privacy Act] is also commonly used to deny media workers access to information essential to their work and for ‘lawfare’ suits to deter or punish coverage.” CAGAYAN DE ORO — A journalists’ group questioned the arrest of DZRH reporter Misael Gonzales Jr. over his report on a criminal case faced by a local legislator, seeing it as “retaliatory and an abuse of the law.” The Nationa…
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has strongly condemned the arrest of a veteran reporter who only reported on the ongoing case of a Manila councilor. According to the NUJP, the filing of the case by Rosalino Ibay Jr. against Misael Boy Gonzalez Jr. is clearly a vendetta and abuse of the law. Based on the report, Gonzalez was arrested for alleged violation of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 after he reported the details of…
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