It’s not every day that you get to thank a personal hero in front of an audience (well, an online audience that is). I am happy to have been a part of this program by the Vibal Foundation called “Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española Tertulia & Concert to Honor Its New Honorary Academics”. The […]
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There’s this Radiolab podcast that featured Filipinos working for Facebook as censors. The podcast delved into what many consider an over-reach on Facebook’s part in suppressing content. But my fascination was on the Filipino content moderators. Who would have thought that pornographic and violent posts are purged from Facebook’s platform in Manila of all places? […]
After President Erap Estrada was forced out of his seat, a friend from UP told me that the US had a hand on it. It sounded crazy as all conspiracy theories. But I suspect it to be true. A few years later, Erap came out in an interview confirming it. He alluded that the American […]