She does all of these while she defends the President and his government and excoriates his critics and political enemies. She has committed several gaffes by posting incorrect images and unsubstantiated claims, including making embarrassing geographical booboos like placing the Mayon Volcano in Naga City and La Trinidad in Baguio City. She is accused of peddling lies, fakery and propaganda. While beloved by the diehard Duterte supporters (DDS), she is much reviled by those who are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, with good reason and hard evidence. The Mocha Uson Blog, her account on Facebook, has a following of at least 5 million. Margaux “Mocha” Uson, currently assistant secretary at the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration, is considered as one of the most popular pro-Duterte social media enablers.
The firewall against lies, fakery and propaganda is not to deny those who espouse them a platform, but to battle them head on with truth articulated through rational, well-researched and grounded speech. In fact, the weapon against offensive speech is not less, but more speech. In being universal, it applies not only to those whose political discourse we agree with, but also even to those whom we disagree with. The right to speak is a fundamental and universal human right.
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One of the attributes of a democratic society is the celebration of the right to free speech.
However, to take down posts and accounts on the basis of being merely offensive is problematic in a democratic society.
There is no debate that posts that violate laws on child pornography and political violence and commit other criminal acts online deserve to be taken down, and the people behind them should be prosecuted. Facebook and Twitter, in fact, have unilaterally taken down not only posts, but even accounts that they deem inappropriate. VIOLATING the community standards of social media has become rampant.