Surveillance technologies to fight the #coronavirus pandemic must respect human rights
In early March, I wrote my daily activity, including the people I interacted with, in a journal. I thought it might help me later on...
The fake news provision in the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act
I cannot count the number of times misleading messages reach my group chats. If the sender is a friend or relative, I adhere to the...
In Metro Manila, fighting COVID-19 requires helping the poor now… #COVID19PH
Old methods of emergency response no longer apply By Ica Fernandez and Abbey Pangilinan with inputs from Nastassja Quijano, Dr. Miguel Dorotan, Patricia Mariano,...
A day in the life of a health care worker in the time of Covid-19
My heart goes out to all the health care workers. Our health care workers need all the support. They are the frontliners in taking care...
The power of the social media community in the time of COVID-19 pandemic
Originally published in Sunday Business & IT on March 22, 2020 How is everybody doing in the time of the Luzon lockdown or community quarantine...
Coronatracker.com : real-time #COVID19 coronavirus disease tracking platform
Get yourself informed and prepared to stay safe in the time of #COVID19 Coronavirus disease. Visit https://www.coronatracker.com/ to get yourself informed and prepared to stay...
Stay vigilant vs novel coronavirus, misinformation
The last thing anyone wants to do in an emergency or virus outbreak is to panic. And if one panics, there is the tendency to...
Let’s work on a disaster information management system
How did you learn about the eruption of Taal Volcano on Jan. 12, 2020? Many of us got alerted in our social media feeds. During...
How do we protect ourselves in the post-Cambridge Analytica world?
Have you watched Netflix’s “The Great Hack”? The film is a compelling documentary on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal. After watching the film, I hope...
WT.Social, an alternative to Facebook and Twitter?
Frustrated with Facebook and Twitter for their “clickbait nonsense,” Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, created WT.Social in October 2019. WT.Social is a social networking...
#ThisHappened : one of the top Twitter global news-related hashtags in 2019 is #ClimateStrike
What were the year’s hot issues on Twitter? Every year, Twitter releases #ThisHappened, the most tweeted hashtags. Trending moments in the Philippines were in entertainment,...
Tomorrow is judgment day by the court on the Ampatuan Massacre.
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) shares the Ampatuan Massacre: Summary of Case Trial, by the CMFR; https://pcij.org/article/3503/the-ampatuan-massacre-summary-of-case-trial * Below A playlist of documentaries produced...
#RespetoNaman marks 1st anniversary of advocating vs gender-based violence
Campaign to provide stronger support and prevention mechanisms on its 2nd year The nationwide campaign #RespetoNaman is marking its first year of raising awareness...
How Google fights disinformation on YouTube
First published at the Sunday Times & IT , November 10, 2019 The words “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “fake news” mean different things to different people. Google...
#CoveringClimateNow and social movements, #FridaysForFuture and #ExtinctionRebellion
“Nature, you cannot play tricks with nature. Nature strikes back and we are seeing nature striking back and this is a very serious problem,” said...