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GMA News
| 8 months ago
Under this law, a peaceful posting on the Internet could result in a prison sentence, said Arradon. AI noted the law, which took effect last Oct. 3, broadly extends criminal libel to apply to acts committed through a computer system or any other...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
A New York-based watchdog group on Saturday urged the government to get to work soonest in amending the Anti-Cybercrime Act, as it scored the measure's double threat to Philippine media. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Asia Program...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Hackers have shut down Philippine government websites in an apparent protest against new cybercrime laws, officials say. Some sites have been unavailable for several hours, The Philippine Star reported. The targets included the sites of the National...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Palace admits cyber law not perfect,' may suggest amendments 4:26 pm Thursday, October 4th, 2012 Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda. Philippines Malacanang admitted that the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 was not perfect and said it might...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
50pm After days of continued clamor from netizens to stop the implementation of the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Thursday that the burden of amending the law to make it more palatable to the...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
A new Internet law went into effect in the Philippines on Wednesday that critics say could lead to imprisonment for simple activities like sharing Facebook and Twitter posts. The Philippines has been a leader in Internet freedom, said Harry S. Roque,...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
57pm On the day that the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act took effect, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on Wednesday called on opponents of the news law to be as critical with so-called hacktivists' that have defaced several government...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
22pm The controversy over the Cybercrime Prevention Act will serve as the first test for the Supreme Court (SC) under Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, lawyers said Tuesday. Lawyer Argee Guevarra of the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance said...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
Philippines Media groups and Filipinos stepped up calls Wednesday for repealing a tough new law that targets cybercrime but activists fear will be used to suppress online freedoms in the Southeast Asian nation. The Cybercrime Prevention Act took...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Due to hacktivists', lawmakers push for internet regulation 1:23 pm Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 Majority Leader Neptali Boyet Gonzales II. PhilippinesLegislators have filed a measure proposing to repeal contentious provisions of the Cybercrime...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
The Palace assured the public that it would uphold netizens' civil liberties even as it called for widespread public condemnation of hackers and online vandalism. Below is the statement in full: Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
49 am Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 The Supreme Court building in Manila. PhilippinesThe 8th petition questioning the legality of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 has been filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 8 months ago
Philippines Media groups and Filipinos are stepping up calls for repealing a tough new law that targets cybercrime but activists fear will be used suppress online freedoms. The Cybercrime Prevention Act took effect Wednesday despite petitions to...
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Scoop
| 8 months ago
Cybercrime Prevention Act 2012 poses a significant threat to press freedom and limits freedom of expression in the Philippines...Act is a threat not only to the media but to any member of the public with access to the Internet, as it broadens the...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
The Inquirer Group also joined the protest by changing its current profile pictures on Twitter with a solid black image. Dubbed Black Tuesday , the protest was initiated by the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance (Pifa) as part of efforts to stop...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
Wednesday, the sites of the Philippine Senate (www.senate.gov.ph) and House of Representatives (www.congress.gov.ph) were inaccessible. Shortly after 4 a.m., the site of the Official Gazette (www.gov.ph) was occasionally inaccessible. Visitors to...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
28am Lawyer and Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance member Argee Guevarra feared that regardless of how numerous petitions against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 are filed with the Supreme Court, nothing will come of them as no "judicial...
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GMA News
| 8 months ago
40am The Institute of Government and Law Reform of the University of the Philippines Law Center is holding a forum on the Cybercrime Act Thursday afternoon. Speak at the forum are human rights lawyer Atty...Terry Ridon, former Student Regent of...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Philippines Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) assailed the recently passed Cybercrime Prevention Law anew and blamed President Benigno Aquino III for signing it into law. With its vague and overbreadth provisions that attack our...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Philippines If amendments will be pushed for the Cybercrime Law, it should be done as soon as possible with the limited time left for the 15th Congress, House majority leader Neptali Gonzales II said on Tuesday. Anybody who wishes to amend must do it...
