FB warning on Esperon post claiming communist infiltration of Congress offends DILG

This file photo shows DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya.

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MANILA, Philippines — Facebook’s restriction of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr's post claiming communist infiltration of Congress — a practice flagged by the Commission on Human Rights and United Nations as dangeorus — is offensive and imprudent, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said.

In a statement on Wednesday, department spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the department "denounces Facebook and its biased fact-checkers for their imprudence and audacity" to issue a warning to Esperon.

Malaya, also a spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict where Esperon sits as vice chair, said the flagged post was "urging all Filipinos to unite to end the Communist insurgency."

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