NoToABSCBNShutDown tops local Twitter list after NTC issues halt order
MANILA – Twitter users are standing with ABS-CBN after the National Telecommunications Commission ordered the network Tuesday to stop broadcasting following the expiration of its franchise.
"This is how liberty dies..." with dead air. #DefendPressFreedom,” Former Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te wrote on Twitter. “In this pandemic we need the media to tell us our country's current situation. ABS-CBN has a wide reach in the Philippines, especially its regional networks,” another Twitter user wrote.
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