"Congress approves Anti Cybercrime Bill HB 5808" - are we safer or worst for it?

[Bin Diesel]

Muntanga yang cybercrime law na yan. Paano kapag may gumawa lang ng account tapos pangalan mo ginamit edi ikaw na huhulihin?


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yes mukhang tanga talaga kagaya nung nag insert ng libel diyan sa cybercrime law.

[falken]

Eto, nagdedeny na siya may kagagawan.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/09...-me-sotto-says

[ghosthunter]

Sotto: What’s wrong with having libel law in cyber space?
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
1:16 am | Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

He doesn’t get it.

“I can’t see the logic,” said Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III when asked to react to media protests regarding the dangers and possible unconstitutionality of extending libel laws to new social media in the new Cybercrime Prevention Act.

“If mainstream media are prevented by law from cursing and engaging in character assassination, why should those in the social media and in the Internet be exempted from such accountability,” said Sotto, who had proposed the extension of the Act’s coverage to include libel.

“What’s so special about (mainstream journalists) that they have those prohibitions, and that they (social media bloggers) don’t?” Sotto had insisted in a recent interview.

Always been a crime

Sotto had complained of being the victim of “cyber bullying” after he was pilloried in social media for allegedly “plagiarizing” online blogs in support of his objections to the reproductive health (RH) bill.

“All the crimes punishable under the Revised Penal Code are included. Now just because they (bloggers) are now accountable under the law on libel, they are again angry with me? Libel has always been a crime,” Sotto told reporters before the start of a Senate session last week.

“The regular media can’t curse and can’t engage in character assassination because they have accountability. Those in the social media don’t have that… Now that they are already covered, pumapalag sila (they are protesting)? I can’t see the logic.”

The Cybercrime Prevention

Act ostensibly aims to go after cyberfraud and cyber****ography. However, media commentaries point out that when it comes to libel, the complexities of interactive online media would make the application of the law highly controversial.

Police, NBI problem

Asked to comment on the charge that another provision, the taking down of websites, was a form of prior restraint in violation of the Constitution, Sotto said “That’s already the problem in formulating the implementing rules and regulations. We didn’t place that kind of provision… That’s already the problem of the (police) and the National Bureau of Investigation. That’s their problem.”

Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, who voted against the bill when it was passed in the Senate, agreed that the application of libel laws to the online community was “problematic.” It could lead to violations of the constitutional prohibition on prior restraint to free speech.

“This is because in the case of online communities, people are encouraged to actually participate (make comments, retweet, repost on Facebook),” Guingona said in a statement. With the cybercrime law, editors and owners of these sites will be forced to lock down their websites and prevent people from commenting, Guingona said.

Act of prior restraint

“I believe that editors can regulate the works of their writers but if you gag the general public, surely the constitutional right to freedom of expression is threatened,” Guingona said.

“This act is a prior restraint on freedom of expression and freedom of speech. This law sets us back. We cannot legislate morality. The Spanish inquisition has long been disbanded. I do not know why we are reviving it today,” he added.

source: Sotto: What


Sarap sakalin...

[renzo_d10]

Bawal na rin daw mag-******* at mag-download ng music!

Anak ng tokwa.

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[Retz]

pati si Sen. Chiz nagsisisi voting for the Cybercrime Law.

[renzo_d10]

Are they even sure that the music on their son's/daughter's/wife's iPod are downloaded LEGALLY ?

Are they even confident that their relatives do not download movies from *******s & the like ?

IMO. This law is nonsense. There are numerous problems in the Philippines that needs to be addressed then they focus on this one.

[ratchet23]

Say goodbye to ******* and file sharing... e yan mostly ang purpose ng internet e.

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[ghosthunter]

Say goodbye to ******* and file sharing... e yan mostly ang purpose ng internet e.

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******* & file sharing is only illegal if they can prove it. :pirate2:

[boybi]

******* & file sharing is only illegal if they can prove it. :pirate2:

Are there sites that let you download HD movies for a fee?

[Monseratto]

Are there sites that let you download HD movies for a fee?

Legally or those that require you to seed their files? Only way to get Full HD films legally is to buy a bluray disc or download a low res digital copy from Amazon or Itunes, which won't work because of your local IP address.

[ZENMasterTYL]

Are there sites that let you download HD movies for a fee?

itunes

[ghosthunter]

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[niky]

:hysterical: My Facebook page went black today.

[CVT]

L*ngy*,- ano'ng nangyari???...

16.9K:spam:

[robot.sonic]

censored.

[renzo_d10]

sino ba tangang nag pasa at mga nag approve ng law na to.

PNOY!

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[ghosthunter]

New facebook button....

[uls]

coz of the net citizens have become more intelligent and well-informed. politicians see intelligent, well-informed citizens as a threat. coz intelligent, well-informed citizens can see right thru them --- see their ignorance, their stupidity, their fake concern for people, their true intentions, their bullsh*t

the net allows citizens to say what they think about politicians and reach a vast audience

THAT IS WHAT POLITICIANS FEAR -- BEING EXPOSED FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE

BRIGHT PEOPLE CAN SEE THRU POLITICIANS AND POST ON THE NET -- that's a threat to politicians

they're using cyber-libel law to suppress...

this is how they try to preserve their position in society -- by threats and intimidation

THUGS

[vinj]

coz of the net citizens have become more intelligent and well-informed. politicians see intelligent, well-informed citizens as a threat. coz intelligent, well-informed citizens can see right thru them --- see their ignorance, their stupidity, their fake concern for people, their true intentions, their bullsh*t

the net allows citizens to say what they think about politicians and reach a vast audience

THAT IS WHAT POLITICIANS FEAR -- BEING EXPOSED FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE

BRIGHT PEOPLE CAN SEE THRU POLITICIANS AND POST ON THE NET -- that's a threat to politicians

they're using cyber-libel law to suppress...

this is how they try to preserve their position in society -- by threats and intimidation

THUGS

Ditto :D

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[glenn manikis]

Things that the Cybercrime Act should cover:

1. Vanity shots. Bawal mag-upload ng 3 albums worth of photos na puro fez mo lang! Feel kitang i-report! Nag-headband lang 75 photos agad dapat..

2. After-jerjer cuddling photos. Wag mag-upload ng pics nyo ng jowa mo kung saan obvious na wala kayong saplot! Hindi handa ang sambayanan sa bedsheets niyong madumi. Sumulat kayo kay Xerex at magtanong kung kelan sya magkakaroon ng website.

3. Mga mahilig makipag-away in English na karumal-dumal ang grammar.. "i'm can never jealous of a slut like you..your such a trying hard!!"

4. TMI (Too Much Information) Attack - "ang lakas ng regla ko today..", "haizt maghapon akong nagtatae sakit na ng pwet ko.."

5. Emo 24/7 - "guys ang sakit may mahal na siyang iba..", "fb friends gusto ko na mamatay..", "haizz miss ko na siya pero di ko sasabihin kung sino", "guys umiiyak ako ngayon (insert photo)"

6. EoWH pFouH kUyAh uzTah pFouH jAn jEjEjE aCoh pFouh aUz aMan wAzuP pFouH NuH pFouH 3p nYoh JAn tAwA muCh jEjEjE ---> RECLUSION PERPETUA

"One man's ego was bruised and every Filipino has to suffer."
-Anonymous