The Role Of ICT on Million People March
Million people march was the first of an ongoing series of protests in the Philippines calling for the total abolition of the Pork Barrel fund, triggered by public anger over the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam through social medias such as Facebook and Twitter. Many Filipinos expressed their thoughts,feeling, anger through creating blogs,pages,advertisement and even memes to show that they agree to the idea of stopping the Pork Barrel scam.
In that case, a Facebook event was entitled"Million People March to Luneta August 26: Sa Araw Ng Mga Bayani, protesta ng mga bayani", using the power of the social media to invite the people to join the protest for the pork barrel fund mess to be stopped. Another is a group of people called hacktivist or the PrivateX repaired at least 30 government websites early or August hours before the main protests.
ICT has almost become the platform of change because the protest is mostly organised through social media channels. Through this millennial tool, Filipinos once again showed their love for their country and for the people who work hard fir this living. As time goes by, social media will always to be a part of our great history because no matter what the situation is, Filipino are still fighting for what is right.
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