A House member on Saturday threatened to slash the budget or, worse, call for an outright dissolution of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) over its “pointless” plan to regulate the digital video streaming industry.

Such mindset among regulators only gives legislators reason to view the MTRCB as an “anachronism” that necessitates urgent downsizing through a hefty cut in its 2021 budget, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte said.

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