BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental has banned government officials and employees from creating social media content during office hours and within all local government unit (LGU) premises. In a memorandum issued on Dec. 4, Mayor Richard Jaojoco said that the...
DAVAO CITY – Davao content creator Crist Briand Oncada, popularly known as Crist Briand and Brader, publicly apologized to the Muslim community on Wednesday, Sept. 10, following an offensive online post. “I sincerely apologize for the post I made, which offended Muslim community members,”...
DAVAO CITY – The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation president here denounced on Tuesday, Sept. 9, a social media post by a local vlogger that used the phrase “Looking for Baboy na Halal,” calling it offensive, misleading, and disrespectful to the Muslim community. In a privilege speech,...
DAVAO CITY – A councilor has proposed the creation of an organization of city-based content creators that will support and regulate online activities following the insensitive remark of social media content creator Crist Briand Oncada on halal that went viral recently. Speaking at the...
DAVAO CITY – The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos in Davao region cried foul over social media content creator Crist Briand and issued a show-cause order against him over an insensitive remark on the concept of halal. In a statement, the NCMF-Davao expressed serious concern over a social...
DAVAO CITY – A councilor here reminded local content creators on Wednesday to post responsibly as violations of city ordinances stemming from irresponsible online posts could lead to penalties. Councilor Bonz Andre Militar, chairperson of the Committee on Information and Technology, said in a...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Tuesday, May 20, called on content creators, ethical hackers, and civic groups to actively partner with the government in cracking down on cybercrime, following the viral release of a YouTube exposé on a scam hub allegedly...
A Korean YouTuber in the Philippines was criticized for making videos of himself paying Filipino women to drink their breast milk. Korean media outlet JTBC’s news program “Crime Chief” reported that the Korean YouTuber produces content containing daily life, eating shows (“mukbang”) and...
BUTUAN CITY – Two content creators in Cabadbaran City are facing alarm and scandal charges after staging a disruptive public stunt that authorities said compromised public safety and negatively impacted the city's reputation. In a statement released on Monday, the Cabadbaran City Police Station...
Malacañang has called on content creators to be responsible and respectful when making videos in the Philippines. Screenshot from X Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this following the recent arrest of Russian-American vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy for allegedly harassing Filipino...
Calling them the fifth estate, senatorial candidate Ben Tulfo slammed content creators and vloggers who hide their identity; having no accountability for the content they're sharing on social media. "Now, the problem is with the fifth estate, they are free to do what they want because the...
BACOLOD CITY – A content creator from Bacong, Negros Oriental apologized to authorities for the content he posted online over the weekend that sparked public outrage. A CONTENT creator posted a video online showing him lying down on the middle of the road in Bacong, Negros Oriental that sparked...
