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Hong Kong's democracy supporters were dealt a huge blow Friday as authorities postponed local elections for a year because of the coronavirus, capping a devastating month of political disqualifications, arrests for social media posts and…

President Donald Trump was preparing an order requiring the fast-growing social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent firm on national security grounds, media reports said Friday.

Malaysia insisted Thursday it would not use decades-old laws to stop people posting videos on social media, backtracking on earlier comments that sparked concerns about worsening freedom of expression.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go will continue seeking law enforcers’ help to go after netizens who spread fake and malicious posts about him even if he has been bashed on social media for it.

Speaker Alan Cayetano says the government can live with any reports newspapers, tabloids, and web-only news sites dish out.

Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor is fed up with criticism over his incessant attacks against ABS-CBN.

Hong Kongers are scrubbing their social media accounts, deleting chat histories and mugging up on cyber privacy as China's newly imposed security law blankets the traditionally outspoken city in fear and self-censorship.

Broadcaster Ben Tulfo said Sharon Cuneta has no one to blame but herself for the bashing directed at her daughter, Frankie Pangilinan, on social media.

Coronavirus misinformation spread by Russian and Chinese journalists is finding a bigger audience on social media in France and Germany than content from the European nations' own premier news outlets, according to new research.

Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has “the highest respect” for President Rodrigo Duterte and all the government officials involved in the fight against COVID-19 despite the criticism they receive on social media.

Former and current students of Miriam College are revealing alleged instances of sexual harassment by teachers on social media as rape becomes a hot topic of discussion by netizens.

Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) chairman and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said the continued denial of visitors to detained Sen. Leila De Lima violates her rights under the Constitution and international laws.

The 2020 US presidential race is becoming a digital-first campaign as the coronavirus pandemic cuts candidates off from traditional organizing and in-person events.

Twitter's moves to label or hide comments from President Donald Trump have escalated a feud between the social network and the White House, but there could be more to come.

An Indonesian minister is under fire after he compared coronavirus to rebellious wives, in remarks aimed at soothing public fears about easing COVID-19 restrictions across the Southeast Asian archipelago.

President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday seeking to strip social media giants like Twitter of legal immunity for content on their platforms in a move slammed by his critics as a legally dubious act of political revenge.

Amid the pandemic, Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) chairman and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno reminded Filipinos to continue to remember the victims who died because of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) cannot arrest persons for cyber libel without warrants from courts, said Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said.