In the second year of MAKI+Fiesta, leaders and innovators from various media organizations, local governments, the academe, and civil society called on young journalists and creatives to harness the power of storytelling to combat disinformation and polarization, especially amid global shifts in technology and growing challenges to free expression and democracy. “We believe […]
For the journalists, academics, members of the creative industry, and youth leaders who attended the MAKI+Fiesta media festival on August 23 to 24, upholding the right to free expression is not merely a matter of principle: upholding it allows creativity and innovation to thrive, thus driving progress and nation-building. “Freedom of expression, a vital […]
Experts from the University of the Philippines on Friday called on lawmakers to reexamine a bill against fake news filed by Senator Vicente Sotto III. Faculty members and researchers from the College of Mass Communication said Senate Bill No. 9 assumes ‘fake news’ is a problem which only thrives on social media platforms.
With just a few days to go before voters troop to the polling stations for the 2019 midterm elections, several units of the University of the Philippines are busy publishing insights, fact check pieces and other materials aimed at aiding voters in their choice of candidates for the different positions in government.
Spearheaded by three UP units, Tsek.ph, a collaborative fact-checking project, is launched to establish an online repository of fact-checking for the May 2019 elections.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
