Philippines: Digital Media Anti-False Information Act (HB 9465) including content moderation authority governance was introduced to House of Representatives

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Digital Media Anti-False Information Act (HB 9465) including content moderation authority governance was introduced to House of Representatives

On 26 May 2026, the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act was introduced to the House of Representatives. The Bill tasks the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) with overseeing platform compliance and would direct the c…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, search service provider, messaging service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2026-05-26
under deliberation

On 26 May 2026, the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act was introduced to the House of Represe…

2026-06-03
under deliberation

On 3 June 2026, the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act was passed by the House of Representat…