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

**CoDer** · October 11th, 2012 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by Syuryuken

sige tira ng tira after 120 days at nabasa ni sotto yan pwede na kayong idemanda ng libel

Nganga na lang sya at ang NBI. Prepaid SUN stick gamit ko, good luck sa NBI.

**CoDer** · October 11th, 2012 12:35 AM

Tune in kayo sa ANC.

Kawawa mga pro cybercrime kay teddy boy.

**Retz** · October 11th, 2012 12:38 AM

may 120 days pa tayo.

**chua_riwap** · October 11th, 2012 08:59 AM

dapat may countdown......

**ZENMasterTYL** · October 11th, 2012 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by CoDer

Tune in kayo sa ANC.

Kawawa mga pro cybercrime kay teddy boy.

hehehe, ayaw sagutin ni asec sy tanong ni teddy, masyado daw kasi witty

**CoDer** · October 11th, 2012 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by ZENMasterTYL

hehehe, ayaw sagutin ni asec sy tanong ni teddy, masyado daw kasi witty

Pati si Lao nabanatan eh.

**chua_riwap** · October 12th, 2012 11:05 AM

naku....mag-resign ka na lang all the way as a senator.
para mas masaya ...

Stressed out, Sotto thinks of quitting Senate majority post | Inquirer News

Stressed out, Sotto thinks of quitting Senate majority post

Senator Vicente Sotto is thinking of quitting as majority leader in the next Congress.
Yes, the stress of the job is finally getting to him.
No, this was not brought on by his skirmishes with critics over the reproductive health (RH) bill and the Cybercrime Prevention Act.
“I’m not saying I’m resigning. But right now, I have an 80 percent chance of quitting as majority leader,” the senator said.
Sotto said the main problem is that he works harder than the other senators because being majority leader is like supervising traffic during Senate sessions.

As chairman of the Senate rules committee, Sotto is tasked with outlining the session’s agenda, making sure that this is followed and mediating between arguing legislators during debates.
He said the work of majority leader was not commensurate to the glamor or the power associated with the position.
“You have to work harder than the rest. Be more conscientious, master the art of compromise but still take a lot of criticism,” he said.
His civilian job as television host of the noontime show “Eat Bulaga” helps in a way, he said.

**rensom** · October 12th, 2012 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

naku....mag-resign ka na lang all the way as a senator.
para mas masaya ...

Stressed out, Sotto thinks of quitting Senate majority post | Inquirer News

Sge.... Resign kna.... sana ang pumalit si Bong Revilla at yung mga artistang senador pra makita natin at mapatunayan nila kung hanggang saan sila...kung worth bang iboto sila... saka ang favorite quote nila.... The more you talk the more you got mistake so better not to talk. Kita nyo si wanbol bistado ang kapasidad. Hehehe.

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**yokknekk** · October 13th, 2012 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by Retz

may 120 days pa tayo.

**ghosthunter** · October 21st, 2012 01:05 PM

A perfect example of using libel to silence an opposition...

Cagayan anti-mining leader arrested over Facebook post
By Melvin Gascon
Inquirer Northern Luzon
8:53 pm | Saturday, October 20th, 2012
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BAYOMBONG, Philippines – The leader of an anti-mining group in Cagayan was arrested Thursday for posting an allegedly libelous account about a mining issue on her Facebook page in May last year.

Esperlita Garcia said she was arrested at her home in Calayan, Gonzaga, Cagayan, on the strength of a warrant issued by Judge Conrado Tabaco of the Regional Trial Court of Aparri.

“What really bothers me is how the prosecutors and the judge determined that I should be arrested when I know that the law that supposedly punishes online libel was passed only this year and was even (restrained) by the Supreme Court,” said Garcia, referring to Republic Act No. 10175 or the Anti-Cybercrime Act of 2012.

Garcia is president of the Gonzaga Alliance for Environmental Protection and Preservation, a people’s organization that has been leading the opposition to the magnetite sand extraction project operated by Chinese firms in Gonzaga. The companies were allowed to mine magnetite sand by the Cagayan provincial government.

The libel charge was filed by Gonzaga Mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr. over an account Garcia posted on her Facebook page about an aborted antimining rally in the town on April 30, 2011.

She said she was merely giving a factual account of what had transpired during the rally where she quoted the mayor before demonstrators at St. Anthony Academy in Gonzaga.

The arrest warrant “shocked me because I had not received any notice about the case since I filed my counteraffidavit last year,” Garcia told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone.

The Inquirer tried to reach prosecutor Mila Acacio but her staff said she was not at her office in Aparri.

A Department of Justice official based in Tuguegarao City supported Garcia’s objection, saying there was no law yet against libelous statements made online.

“The reason the cybercrime law was passed was that the provisions of the Revised Penal Code do not embrace online libel. But even that law (RA 10175) is not yet in effect,” said the official.

Garcia, 62, said her arrest was an act of harassment, narrating how she was taken into custody by National Bureau of Investigation agents.

“I am a senior citizen but I was treated like a hardened criminal. They did not even give me a chance to bathe or change from my house clothes. They just dragged me into a car,” she said.

The agents brought Garcia to the NBI regional office in Tuguegarao City, about three hours from Gonzaga, where she was detained overnight Thursday.

On Friday, she was released after posting P10,000 bail.

source: Cagayan anti-mining leader arrested over Facebook post | Inquirer News

**chua_riwap** · October 21st, 2012 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by yokknekk

TRO manny

Tech rock out.......

**ghosthunter** · October 24th, 2012 07:51 PM

**ghosthunter** · November 7th, 2012 11:32 PM

Bill to amend Cybercrime law silent on libel, real-time data collection
J.M. Tuazon, InterAksyon.com · Wednesday, November 7, 2012 · 10:00 am
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MANILA, Philippines — The repeal of the clauses on libel and real-time collection of data in the Cybercrime law were absent in the amendments being proposed by its chief author in the Senate, according to an amendatory bill filed in the upper house recently.

According to Senate Bill 3315, also known as “An Act further protecting civil liberties in computer systems” filed by Senator Edgardo Angara, the quick and widespread uproar regarding the Cybercrime Prevention Act only proves how information travels fast over the Internet, which is “precisely why it should be protected.”

“The Cybercrime Prevention Act, especially when taken together with the Data Privacy Act, is our best weapon to deal with destructive behavior and unscrupulous acts in cyberspace,” Angara said in his explanatory note.

Glaringly absent in the proposed amendments, however, was the call to repeal the clause on online libel, which is one of the hottest contentious points in the cybercrime law, as well as the provision on real-time collection of traffic data.

In earlier interviews, Angara insisted the need for the libel provision, as it was necessary to reflect the fact that libel can be committed using the Internet as well.

“Why not? You mean the cyberspace is a zone of impunity [where] you can now begin to lambast maliciously without fear of any sanction at all? I don’t think that will promote our civilization and the use of the Internet. That’s never been the intent,” he said.

In his amendatory bill, a copy of which was obtained by InterAksyon.com, the lawmaker proposed the repeal of the “higher penalty” clause for acts deemed illegal by the Revised Penal Code — including libel — if committed through the Internet.

This provision was met with particular opposition from various camps, who pointed out that the higher penalties, specifically on online libel, seeks to curtail freedom of expression online.

Angara also proposed a more detailed provision on Section 19, also known as the “takedown clause,” which gives the Department of Justice the power to block or restrict access to websites based only on prima facie evidence.

The proposed amendment states: “Require a court order for any restriction or blocking of access to computer data in order to ensure that the right of the owner against arbitrary restriction to the access of computer data is avoided and his right to due process is guaranteed.”

Angara explained that the introduction of the clause only meant to “strike a balance between the right of the owner and the need of law enforcement authorities for expediency and swift action.”

The Supreme Court issued a 120-day temporary restraining order against the implementation of the Cybercrime law based on petitions filed by various sectors of society. The TRO is expected to lapse before February.

source: http://www.interaksyon.com/infotech/...ata-collection

**ghosthunter** · December 12th, 2012 02:59 PM

Palace asks SC to lift TRO on Anti-Cybercrime Law

The Anti-Cybercrime Law of 2012 (R.A. 10175) was placed on hold by a TRO issued by the Supreme Court last October 9. The SC will hear oral arguments from all parties in January 2013, including the 15 petitioners that filed for the TRO.

This week, the Office of the Solicitor General filed a 148-page comment requesting the Supreme Court to lift the temporary restraining order on R.A. 10175.

The request by the government to enforce the Anti-Cybercrime Law and have the TRO lifted was outlined in this report by GMA News.

Despite the TRO placed on the Anti-Cybercrime Law, several bloggers and YouTubers have been subject to online libel lawsuits in the last couple of months.

Just last week, local blogger was sued by a group-buying website for libel based on comments posted on his blog.

Then last month, blogger and YouTuber Jose Farrugia was also sued for online libel by their neighbor (also a distant relative) for uploading a video of their verbal altercations on YouTube.

source: Palace asks SC to lift TRO on Anti-Cybercrime Law - YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews