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Egco twits Facebook faux pas on Esperon

MANILA - Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), on Friday warned that Facebook's repeated attempts to censor and restrict the posts of government officials creates a chilling effect in the world of social media. Egco issued the statement after the US-based tech giant recently warned National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. for a post that urged Filipinos to unite against the 53-year-old communist insurgency that has already claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Filipinos. Facebook has since then restored Esperon's post but without admitting it committed a mistake, an implied admission of error. Like Esperon, Egco said he and other officials critical of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People's Army, National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) such as Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy have been "restricted" several times to post in Facebook. He suspe ....

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