INFO NETWORK. PIA Director-General Harold Clavite shared the need for a wide info network to ward off radicalism during his visit in region 8 Wednesday, June 6. He was here to attend the turn-over rites for new leadership in the region. (mmp/PIA8-Leyte photo)
An army of volunteers that can be tapped to pass on bits of information would be a powerful force to combat the spread of fake news and, more importantly, to nip in the bud radical attempts.
This can be done through the use of messaging apps now widely used in the comfort of one’s cellphones, through the social media, and even by way of personal interaction at the grassroots level, the advocacy caravan.
“We have to eventually come up with information volunteer network (IVN), in addition to the planned formation of information officers at the barangay level, two per barangay,” Director-General Harold Clavite of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) emphasized in a meeting with region 8 information center managers at Oriental Hotel here Wednesday, June 6.
The creation of two IOs per barangay was still in the works as suggested by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Clavite said, although many local government units had expressed support to have this realized after the election ban period.
But volunteers may already be mobilized using messenger, even ten persons in a group, in so many different groups, he added.
A group of ten which will not immediately share unverified posts is one way to stop the massive distribution of false information, while at the same time these volunteer sharers may relay info on suspicious persons in their concerned areas that can be referred to authorities for further action, Clavite also said.
In addition, these are groups of people sharing common vision, goals, and they shall be collaborating, challenging, and holding each other accountable in order to achieve outstanding results.
“We do not want to have another Marawi,” Clavite stressed, apparently to give a sense of urgency to the idea, and put everything in the right context and proper perspective.
Clavite was in the city to witness the turn-over of new leadership in the region. Venus May Sarmiento, from region 1, takes over as Officer-in-Charge, while Alicia Nicart remains as head of operations and planning.
http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1009311
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