PNP launches interagency anti-fake news committee

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday launched a committee composed of different agencies to combat the spread of fake news.

“We created 'yung Joint Anti-Fake News Action Committee (JAFNAC). We want to stop lahat ang nagpapa-spread ng fake news,” PNP chief Police General Rommel Marbil said in an ambush interview.

(We created the Joint Anti-Fake News Action Committee. We want to stop everyone from spreading fake news and all the financial side of it. We want to stop that.)

“Let us choose truth over virality. Accuracy over exaggeration. Integrity over convenience. This is the war we must fight and win…Sa lahat ng 'marites,' ito ang babala: Nabibilang na ang araw niyo,” he added.

(To all 'marites,' this is a warning: Your days are numbered.)

Marbil said the JAFNAC is aiming to hold fake news peddlers accountable and come up with a framework to swiftly take down wrong information online.

After a forum with involved agencies, the PNP said the fight against fake news is a whole government approach anchored in legal offensive, technological innovation, and public education.

According to the PNP, laws need to be crafted or amended to address fake news.

The PNP also said that a national monitoring system or Al-powered dashboard should be set up to detect and track disinformation trends in real-time. They also plan to collaborate with tech platforms like Meta, Google, X, TikTok to flag harmful content and enforce platform policies locally.—VAL, GMA Integrated News