The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission affirmed their earlier decision to revoke the certificates of incorporation of Rappler Inc and Rappler Holdings Corporation.
After this decision, the International Fact-Checking Network, published a statement, signed from more than 66 fact-checking organizations around the world, which express their solidarity with Rappler and condemning the government’s efforts to shut down independent media.
The decision by the Philippine government poses a dangerous precedent and will likely encourage authoritarian regimes to go after other fact-checkers, especially if it succeeds.
The IFCN's statement on the Philippine SEC’s decision to revoke @rapplerdotcom’s right to operate.
Nearly 70 fact-checking organizations from 55 countries so far have banded together to denounce this assault on press freedom. https://t.co/msa83hyBLm
— International Fact-Checking Network (@factchecknet) June 30, 2022
