MANILA, Philippines — The recent push by the Movie, Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to regulate online video streaming sites like Netflix have drawn condemnation from cultural
According to University of the Philippines journalism professor Danilo Arao, it seems that the country would be better off without MTRCB as it operates more as a censorship body — that actually does not regulate alleged fake information from government media sites.
Arao even pointed to a 2010 article he wrote for alternative media site Pinoy Weekly, where he said that MTRCB’s primary mandate upon its establishment in 1985 was to temporarily act as regulator, while the country gears towards “self-regulation.” “#DailyShit: September 3. This government want to regulate what we watch on Netflix. #Censorship #DutertesMen,” she said on her Facebook post.These reactions came after MTRCB’s legal affairs division chief Atty. Jonathan Presquito told the Senate trade committee in an earlier hearing thatvideo streaming platforms, especially as the lockdown gave people staying at home more time on these applications.
He also claimed that online videos are still within the mandate of MTRCB, as it is supposedly their mandate to review content regardless of where it is being shown.
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