A Small Town Takes a Stand: It Banned Gossip

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In a daring challenge to history, human nature, social media and every high school cafeteria in the world, a town bans gossip

BINALONAN, the Philippines—A three-hour drive north of the Philippine capital Manila, local leaders have drawn a line in the sand against a swelling tide of

scuttlebutt and innuendo.In a world awash with fake news and online rumors, more than half a dozen neighborhoods in Binalonan have introduced an anti-gossip ordinance...

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