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Investigative News Site in Philippines Fights 'Red-Tag' Accusations

• A Philippines news outlet investigating human rights abuses has seen traffic to its site drop by over 40% after accusations that it supports "communist terrorists" resulted in a web ban.
  
  Run by a team of volunteer journalists, the news website Bulatlat has made a name for itself by covering underreported issues including mistreatment of health workers, corruption, and the rights of women and Indigenous communities.
  
  At the start of June it had an average of over 50,000 monthly users, but that figure dropped dramatically after the Philippines National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) blocked access to the site.
  
  In early June, the NTC ordered internet service providers (ISPs) in the Philippines to block more than 20 websites, including Bulatlat, that it said were supporting or linked to "communist-terrorists."