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Lawmaker pushes for modernization of PH biotechnology

MANILA -- A House of Representatives' leader on Thursday called for the passage of a measure seeking to modernize biotechnology in the Philippines in a bid to combat poverty. Deputy Speaker Sharon Garin...

Close to 800K Pinoys affected by Facebook data breach

MANILA -- The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has ordered Facebook to provide notifications to more than 700,000 Filipino users, whose personal information were affected by a data breach last September. In its order...

Twitter Releases Tweets Showing Russian, Iranian Attempts to Influence US Politics

On Wednesday, Twitter released a collection of more than 10 million tweets related to thousands of accounts affiliated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency propaganda organization, as well as hundreds more troll...

US lawmakers push for online consumer protection

The U.S. Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791, enshrined in law the right to speech, assembly, and worship. Now some congressional leaders are calling for a new bill of rights, one for...

PH to launch nat’l tech education plan in automation age

MANILA -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will launch in the last quarter of 2018 its five-year national technical education and skills development plan (NTESDP) to face the challenges...

Facebook deletes hundreds of pages, accounts for spreading fake news

Facebook announced Thursday that it had deleted over 800 mostly U.S.-based pages and accounts that were posting politically oriented spam and engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The social media giant declined a request...

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