Stories Behind The Headlines
Philippine regulators are weighing a nationwide Facebook ban after a Zamboanga campus shooting was livestreamed for nearly 15 minutes, fueling fury over Meta’s slow response and concerns about child safety.
A landmark New Mexico ruling orders Meta to pay $567 million and impose sweeping child-safety reforms, raising questions about whether the changes could spread nationwide.
As the Philippines builds its Pax Silica ‘Golden Node’—a vast AI-native industrial hub with data centers and chip fabs—water scarcity looms large. Who decides priorities when resources run short: global AI ambitions or local farms and communities?
As the Philippines goes digital, disinformation is increasingly weaponized against Indigenous Peoples—reshaping narratives to justify exploitation and silence resistance.
