Tinig ng Plaridel denounces the Philippine National Police – Anti-Cybercrime Group’s (PNP-ACG) blatant attempt to censor and harass our newsroom.
Late Tuesday evening, Nov. 11, our publication was informed that social media platform X (formerly Twitter) received a report from the PNP-ACG arbitrarily alleging one of our content violated Philippine laws.
The concerned post bore a video showing youth activists set fire to a copy of a subpoena that police issued to UP Diliman student leader Joaquin Buenaflor in front of Camp Crame in Quezon City on Oct. 27, 2025.
The video was part of our coverage of surging anti-corruption protests amid police brutality and state-sponsored attacks against progressive youth, who are only exercising their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly.
It has become clearer that not even campus media is spared in the state’s repressive crusade.
Tinig ng Plaridel condemns this brazen assault on campus press freedom. The PNP-ACG’s censorship tactics only bare the Marcos-Duterte regime’s desperate siege against the truth as Filipinos grow more averse to the stench of its festering corruption.
Our reportage on campaigns against fascist government ploys is undaunted. We echo the youth’s dare to state forces: Point your crackdown at the plunderers you harbor.
We also join the calls of our fellow student journalists for the immediate passage of the Campus Press Freedom Bill, as state forces have long trampled on students’ rights to independent and critical reportage.
Tinig ng Plaridel is committed to exploring every possible legal action to challenge this attack on our freedom to publish. We shall continue to uphold our duty to ethically and responsibly report the truth and amplify the narratives of those in the margins, especially at a time when those in power want it buried.
