Anti-Cybercrime bill now a law, criminalizes bashing

so if i blog negative reviews about my experience, say, a restaurant…am i gonna get in trouble for that…how about our freedom of speech…i thought we live in a democratic society!

I am not liking this law. And yeah right, how about freedom of speech?

“One controversial section of this law is the Online Libel which makes just about anybody on the internet liable when they bash, attack, debase, humiliate or anything of that sort. That might also include cyber-bullying.”

we can always say what we want not in an offending way.

Tama si TY. This is a sensitive issue that borders on freedoms of speech, expression and so on. I read the whole law and I am not a lawyer. There are so many points subject to interpretation. For example if I say, I don’t like this watch because of whatever reason, that is MY personal opinion and even if I tell the whole world about it–it remains to be my opinion. Now cyber bullying is another thing. Bullies naman are cowards whether in the real or the virtual world.

too much freedom could be dangerous thats why we have government & religion to keep everyone grounded. Lets not forget we are human & we need protection not just from other people but also from ourselves. Lets not be selfish that everything should be about you/us, there are other people & kids who commit suicide because of bullying. We keep saying that its our freedom for speech/opinion but i think its also the governments freedom to have theirs too. If we cant respect governments opinion then how can we give respect to others & ourselves. Government is an embodiment of our entire culture & society, it is all about EVERYONE not me, you, him, or her,,,,

Say hello to Online Martial Law.

Give this law a chance, you guys. You complain as if it’s your favorite pastime.

hi guys,

help me out here, which part of the bill mentions cyberbullying?

thanks,

up next: BAN SOCIAL MEDIA

stupid politicians….why don’t you solve the real problems of our country instead of this stupid bullying issue…

can they sue someone who made a libelous post “before” this bill was passed?

The article is misleading. Bashing is not criminalized. Libel is. If the “bashing” is based on fact with the writer/speaker’s interpretation thereof, it becomes fair comment which makes it protected speech.

ok lang yan.. alam niyo naman, hindi din mai-implement yan ng mabuti..

freedom of speech is not absolute, that’s what most people are forgetting, people who say any offensive/libellous/derogatory remarks towards another person online or not should face proper consequences!

Well, as much as i dislike noynoy, this bill has its merit. As long as it will stick to the concept of defamation clearly defined in our law, i see no difference of the act being done online or actual. And freedom of speech is never absolute, it stops to the point when personal injury occurs. This will greatly help private individuals like us in protecting our personal rights. Its a different case for public officials anyway, for the law aknowledges we, citizens, are under qualified privilege to give our opinions regarding public matters.

I am not really sure how to feel with this new bill. I feel like it was also copied from another bill. :) i.e. Cyber squatting of domains?? What do they know about it anyway? There’s a proper channel to do it like DMCA or the concern affected parties could directly email or contact the webhosting or the owner of the site. Really now, I understand and felt like it’s the right thing to do for some parts of the bill like the “cyber-theft” issues but some of the bill looks unfitting. Or was this created mainly to protect their turf against cyber-bullying.. you know who I am referring to.

so any link of the new law? slideshare.net is block in the office..

cyber-bullying is a crime? if they can find a all of the thousand cyber-bullies(e.g. sotto incident)
they cannot even catch edsa’s traffic public transport offenders much more of a cyber crime?

Ang bilis ipinasa ng bill na to pero yung freedom information act/bill hindi mapasa pasa. Pabor kasi sa mga pulitiko pero pag sila nagigipit hindi mapasa ang mga batas na tinatarget sila.

“Sec.4 (c.4) Libel. — The unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, committed through a computer system or any other similar means which may be devised in the future.”

mukhang wala naman dapat ikabahala dito..

The problem here in the Philippines is not really just this on-line libel thingie. It’s the way our JUDGES INTERPRET libel. Do you realize that here in the Philippines, telling the TRUTH cannot be used as a defense in a libel case? Can you imagine that??? If they think that there was malice in what you wrote, then you will be found guilty anyway. This gives them excessive latitude in deciding libel cases. Most civilized, democratic countries penalize those found guilty of libel with the payment of a fine, or damages, but they DON’T SEND PEOPLE TO JAIL. Since libel is a “jailable” offense in the Philippines, this also has caught the attention of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. Certainly our libel laws can be used as a tool for repression and oppression.
http://www.philpressinstitute.com/2012/04/24/continue-fight-for-libel-decriminalization-media-urged/

GUYS THIS LAW CAN BE HARASS BY THREATENING TO US OF ONLINE LIBEL THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO MAINSTREAM REMEMBER LIKE ARROYO FILING MORE JOURNALIST OF LIBEL EVEN IF THEY ARE TRUE.

interested european here.
essentially we need protection against cybercrime but it comes one-sided.
much of that is the fault of the buggy software. system houses should be held responsible for damage on open attack vectors.
“social crime” has to be targeted more in physical life. rumor is rumor, society needs to learn to discard negativity, and never believe too quickly.
we must not forget the emancipatory factor of free speech, because too many are powerful enough to get away with any lie, and very often such law won’t help.

please, search out the european “clean IT” project. there are coincidences, also with the danger of misuse. the agenda is not just local. it’s also about those notorious “trade agreements” that want to lock down influence by democracy.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NI20Ae02.html
this is about vietnam’s blog wars.

I’m so happy that we already have “Anti-Cybercrime bill” until now, i dont want to activate my Facebook account because of my ex boyriend, who is a stalker of mine now. He made an account which is in my name and add all my co-workers, my friends, also my family members and the worst senario “destroying my family”. He e-mailed my husband about my daughter saying He is not the father which is not true and until now that account is still activated and still sending message to my husband.I know God has a plan for everything and this is the right time.. Right time to speak and right time to have a justice,. for me and for my daughter..

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