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  1. The hashtag #BanTikTok has started to gain momentum in the #Philippines because of the recent muting/silencing of a renowned journalist's coverage of the West Philippine Sea issue. Which in turn also revealed that a music video / campaign of a local celebrity regarding WPS was also muted earlier.

    See: twitter.com/inquirerdotnet/sta

    Hopefully, this is the spark we are waiting for to get this Communist China-controlled service banned in the country.

    Unfortunately, one user shared a photo of a news report on how the DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) said that we should be careful with banning apps as these are simply technologies, and small businesses are using it.

    See: twitter.com/MulatTayo/status/1

    > ANC: The DICT asserts it needs to be careful in supporting a ban on social media apps, esp. since they benefit small businesses.
    >
    > DICT: Let's not single out a particular app. This is just tech. There are evils in it, but there are also good things in it.

    It was a poor attempt to deflect the question. Why? The topic was not about the technology, it was about banning [highly questionable] social media apps. There is a huge difference between technologies and services.

    The public is not asking to ban the technologies behind “short form videos”. The people of the Philippines are demanding to ban a **service**.

    #Pilipinas #TikTok #ByteDance #Pilipinas @pilipinas @philippines

  2. Taguig City should rename #Lawton Ave to #Gerónimo Ave.

    See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wa

    1. Lawton fought against Filipinos
    2. “Attacked” Emilio Aguinaldo multiple times
    3. General Gerónimo was the Filipino sharpshooter who shot him

    Unless they want to honor him as the:
    1. only US general to be killed during the Philippine–American War

    2. highest ranking American officer to fall in battle in either the Spanish–American or Philippine–American Wars

    3. first US general killed in overseas action

    #Philippines #Taguig #Pilipinas #FortBonifacio @pilipinas @philippines