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Bloggers who apply for Palace accreditation must commit to publishing
only 'truthful and accurate' information, according to a draft PCOO
memorandum circular </p>
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Published 9:00 PM, February 22, 2017 </div>
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Updated 9:52 PM, February 22, 2017 </div>
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<div class="gmail-image-container" id="gmail-shareable-image-33D0236D715944478DF2ADC730D1A728"><img id="gmail-33D0236D715944478DF2ADC730D1A728" src="http://rappler-assets.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/B33257A325B44171B00F01C05FBD9C60/img/A1DC1AF27D50400CA41ACBE2F1F844DA/duterte-meetngreet-february-09-2017-02_A1DC1AF27D50400CA41ACBE2F1F844DA.jpg" class="gmail-rappler_asset" alt="BLOGGERS IN PALACE. President Rodrigo Duterte meets bloggers and online defenders in Malacañang. Screenshot from RTVM" style="display: inline;"><div id="gmail-gigya-container-33D0236D715944478DF2ADC730D1A728" style="top: 0px; transform: scale(0); visibility: visible;"><div class="gmail-gig-share-bar-container"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap"><div class="gmail-gig-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-count-none gmail-gig-button-container-facebook gmail-gig-button-container-facebook-count-none gmail-gig-share-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-horizontal"><div id="gmail-gigya-container-33D0236D715944478DF2ADC730D1A728-reaction0" class="gmail-gig-button-up" title="" alt=""><a class="gmail-facebook"><span class="gmail-fa-stack gmail-fa-lg"></span></a></div></div><br></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap"><div class="gmail-gig-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-count-none gmail-gig-button-container-twitter gmail-gig-button-container-twitter-count-none gmail-gig-share-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-horizontal"><div id="gmail-gigya-container-33D0236D715944478DF2ADC730D1A728-reaction1" class="gmail-gig-button-up" title="" alt=""><a class="gmail-twitter"><span class="gmail-fa-stack gmail-fa-lg"></span></a></div></div><br></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap"><div class="gmail-gig-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-count-none gmail-gig-button-container-share gmail-gig-button-container-share-count-none gmail-gig-share-button-container gmail-gig-button-container-horizontal"><div id="gmail-gigya-container-33D0236D715944478DF2ADC730D1A728-reaction2" class="gmail-gig-button-up" title="" alt=""><a class="gmail-share"><span class="gmail-fa-stack gmail-fa-lg"></span></a></div></div><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><p class="gmail-caption">BLOGGERS IN PALACE. President Rodrigo Duterte meets bloggers and online defenders in Malacañang. Screenshot from RTVM </p>
<p>MANILA, Philippines – The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has begun drafting its social media policy for <a href="http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/160294-bloggers-media-accreditation-malacanang-andanar" target="_blank">accrediting bloggers</a> who will be allowed to cover Palace events.</p>
<p>A draft of the PCOO Social Media Policy was sent to Malacañang
reporters on Wednesday, February 22, a day before the Social Media Town
Hall where representatives from the media, academe, and blogging
community will discuss the policy.</p>
<p>The document, a memorandum circular from Communications Secretary
Martin Andanar, lists down proposed provisions for involving bloggers in
Palace coverage, including criteria for them to be given accreditation.</p>
<p>The proposed criteria is as follows:</p>
<ul><li>The bloggers must be Filipino citizens aged 18 years old or above.</li><li>They must have a publicly-accessible "social media page, blog, or
website which generates content and whose principal advocacy is the
daily dissemination of original news and/or opinion of interest."</li><li>The social media page, blog, or website must have at least 1,000
followers and must have "regularly and consistently" published content
in the past 12 months.</li><li>The social media page, blog, or website must be "editorially
independent" of any institution, foundation, or interest group connected
or affiliated in any manner with the government.</li></ul>
<p>But bloggers who are given Palace accreditation will also be subject
to requirements if the current draft of the PCOO Social Media Policy is
approved.</p>
<p>The draft proposes the following requirements:</p>
<ul><li>They must strictly abide by the code of conduct of citizens using
PCOO social media platforms as listed in Section VII-C of the draft
policy. This code of conduct requires bloggers not to use language that
is "<span class="gmail-s1">offensive, inflammatory, or provocative" and to provide "truthful and accurate content" at all times.</span></li><li>They must post, share, or disseminate all press releases and other news information from the PCOO.</li><li>They must "validate" the "truthfulness" of the news content they generate, publish, and share.</li></ul>
<p>Some bloggers supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte have been known
to openly curse at various persons and groups, including the Malacañang
Press Corps.<strong> </strong></p>
<p>Read the entire draft policy here:</p>
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<p>Bloggers themselves asked Duterte to allow them to cover Palace events, a request <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/160910-duterte-online-defenders-access-palace-events" target="_blank">granted</a> by the President.</p>
<p>Andanar had said this is the administration's way of acknowledging
the contribution of pro-Duterte bloggers to his presidential campaign.<strong> </strong><strong>– Rappler.com</strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/162261-draft-pcoo-social-media-policy-bloggers-criteria">http://www.rappler.com/nation/162261-draft-pcoo-social-media-policy-bloggers-criteria</a><br></strong></p> </div>
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