00:00 Today on Rappler
00:12 United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan urges President Marcos to abolish the Anti-Insurgency
00:18 Task Force and Tf-ELCAC
00:21 A flawless mission brings supplies to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal
00:26 A Hong Kong court convicts four people for rioting during the 2019 pro-democracy rallies
00:32 Lewis Hamilton rocks the racing world as he announces he is leaving Mercedes-Benz and
00:36 moving to Ferrari in 2025
00:39 And TikTok removes songs from Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and other universal music artists
00:44 after negotiations fall through
00:48 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan urges
00:53 the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to abolish the country's Anti-Insurgency
00:58 Task Force
00:59 "Anti-F-ELCAC was established about six years ago in a different context.
01:10 It is outdated.
01:12 It does not take into account the ongoing prospects for peace negotiations."
01:18 She also recommends the government issue an executive order on a policy against red-tagging
01:23 and recommends the Commission on Human Rights to define red-tagging and terror-tagging and
01:28 propose legislation against it
01:30 Former NTF-ELCAC officials are notorious for red-tagging activists and critics of the previous
01:35 Duterte administration
01:37 The Philippine government insists red-tagging is not a state policy
01:43 The Philippines completed a "flawless rotation and resupply mission" to the BRP Sierra
01:48 Madre on Friday, February 2
01:51 The completed mission to the makeshift military outpost in Ayungin Shoal is confirmed by armed
01:56 forces of the Philippines' spokesperson, Colonel Francel Padilla
02:00 Friday's resupply mission is the first mission by sea completed in 2024 after a bilateral
02:06 meeting between the Philippines and China
02:08 Maritime defense expert Ray Powell notes, "The resupply seems to have encountered virtually
02:14 no resistance from China"
02:16 This is very different from past resupply missions, where Chinese ships subjected Philippine
02:21 vessels to harassment, shadowing, and water canoning
02:24 China claims practically the entire South China Sea and sees resupply missions as violations
02:30 of its sovereignty
02:32 Beijing also refuses to recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling that recognized the Philippines'
02:37 Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ, in the West Philippine Sea
02:43 A Hong Kong court finds four people guilty of rioting during the pro-democracy protest
02:48 in 2019
02:50 This comes after eight others pled guilty to charges stemming from the siege of Hong
02:54 Kong's Legislative Council building on July 1, 2019
02:58 The siege came at the tail end of a protest against a proposed extradition bill
03:03 Reporters Wong Kah Ho and Ma Kai Cheong are acquitted of rioting but are found guilty
03:07 of entering or staying in the precincts of the chamber, as the court disagreed that reporters
03:12 could stay and record the incident
03:14 Eight other people who pled guilty to rioting include the former president of the University
03:18 of Hong Kong Student Union Althea Swin and pro-democracy activists Ventus Lau and Owen
03:24 Chow
03:25 Hong Kong's district court sets a maximum of seven years in prison for rioting
03:31 Seven-time world champion and Formula One's most successful driver of all time, Lewis
03:36 Hamilton, will race for Ferrari starting 2025 after activating a release option in the Mercedes
03:42 contract he signed in August
03:44 Mercedes confirms the news in a statement, saying the move marks the end of a 17-year-long
03:49 relationship in F1 with Mercedes-Benz
03:52 Ferrari also announces Hamilton's arrival, adding he is joining the team on a multi-year
03:57 contract
03:59 Hamilton will replace Spanish driver Carlos Sainz at Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc
04:04 Ferrari is the oldest, most successful Formula One team, but it has gone without a driver's
04:09 title since 2007
04:12 Hamilton, who has won a record 103 races since his career started, has not had the car to
04:17 challenge defending champion Max Vestepen
04:20 Mercedes now has an open driver's spot to fill as a partner to Britain's George Russell
04:27 TikTok users will no longer be able to create videos with songs from Taylor Swift, Boy Genius,
04:32 and other Universal Music Group artists, as contract negotiations between the two companies
04:38 have collapsed
04:39 TikTok's access to Universal's expansive roster of artists ended Wednesday, January
04:44 31, after months of negotiations failed to yield a new agreement
04:49 TikTok has begun muting short videos featuring the label's artists
04:53 Universal is asking TikTok to compensate artists at a rate equal to what other social media
04:58 platforms pay
05:00 It adds, TikTok is allowing the platform to be "flooded with recordings generated by
05:05 artificial intelligence, diluting the royalty pool for artists"
05:10 It also raised concerns about problematic content, such as sexualized images of Billie
05:15 Eilish, which reportedly went viral and was seen by millions before it was removed
05:20 TikTok declined to comment
05:24 And that's today's wrap, I'm Cara Oliver, thank you for watching
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