MANILA, Philippines --- Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday has appealed to the public that online challenges, which stigmatizes and discriminates against persons with disabilities (PWDs), be promptly stopped. The senator's statement came after an internet experiment called "The Boyet Challenge," which dares people to imitate a character from a GMA TV drama series, "My Special Tatay," went viral. "I appeal for the immediate stoppage of 'Boyet Challenge' and similar online projects, and urge the public to please discontinue participating in such platforms that only breed stigmatization of PWDs, and engender discrimination and prejudice against the marginalized a...
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