A proposed bill slapping as much as P5-million fine and five-year prison time for peddlers of fake news will endanger citizens’ constitutional right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, lawmakers warned on Friday.

Congressmen Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao and Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna and Antonio Tinio of Alliance of Concerned Teachers sounded the alarm over the proposal made by Sen. Joel Villanueva.

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