Lorraine Badoy's threat of raps over fact-check an affront to people's right to know — groups

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MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:06 p.m.) — Groups under the Movement Against Disinformation on Tuesday called Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy's announcement of a government plan to sue Facebook and Rappler over a fact-check piece on her statement a form of intimidation and harassment.

MAD, which comprises lawyers' groups and NGOS, said that legal action planned by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict is "clearly an affront to the freedom of expression and the people’s right to know."

MAD members include the Philippine Bar Association, Alternative Law Groups, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Karapatan and iDefend Philippines.

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