So the House of Representatives has finally passed their own version of the Anti-Cybercrime Bill (HB 5808) which is also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The bill includes online threats and online defamation as cybercrime offenses.
So aside from online intrusion, hacking or illegal use of network resources, online libel will also be part of this bill.
For online defamation, the penalty is a minimum of Php500,000USD 8,520INR 722,300EUR 8,115CNY 62,050 (and a maximum of Php1USD 0.02INR 1EUR 0.02CNY 0.12 million) penalty plus a prison term.
The Senate has their own version of the Anti Cybercrime Bill (Senate Bill 2796). Senator Angara also clarified the Senate Bill in contrast with the issues on SOPA and PIPA.
The Senate and Congress will be consolidating these two bills and eventually finalize them and pass it into a law upon the President’s approval.
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halfwhiteboy says:
online libel? i suppose they’ve defined what constitutes such an offense given that practically anyone says things on the internet — not just bloggers but anyone on facebook, twitter, etc.?
Fleeb says:
Scary. “Tweet: Congressman X stole money.”, “Congressman X: Libel! “
MARTIN says:
may masabi lang na may ginawa sila… what happened to democracy. the freedom to say what you want…
techjunkeez says:
useless. nonesense.
tipzee says:
Nice bill! ang galing talaga ng pinoy. So if I found let’s say 10 people who have defamed me on social networking sites. I do the math I file the charges. hmmmmmm…. not bad. not bad. Good idea for this bill.
What is wrong with these people, kung sino pa kasi ang hindi masyadong gumagamit ng internet sila pa ang pumeperwisyo sa internet. Sana makialam ang Anonymous dito, this bill will destroy our freedom.
luiboowee says:
Err, it’s not quite correct to call it “House of Congress”. The Philippine Congress comprises of two chambers: The Senate and House of the Representatives. Just saying.
pong says:
angara pasimuno ka nito you i’m not voting for you
el toro bumingo says:
Scary ang bill na ‘to ah. Sobrang mahal ng parusa. Sino kayang Pinoy ang may readily-available na 500k-1M para ipambayad kung sakaling may masabi man s’yang libelous sa FB or Twitter?
Scary :(
pong says:
Sa internet na nga lang malaya ang pilipino kukunin pa nila sa atin. puro politiko at mayayaman lang ang makikinabang sa bill na ito. hinde lahat ng pilipino kaya gumastos ng abogado
Ramon says:
may point naman sila na kailangan nga ng consequence ang hacking or online harassment(cyber bullying)… ang masama lng talaga ay madaling ma-abuse ito
kahit simple opinion lng, pwede nilang kasuhan? worse than online censorship =/
lolumad says:
This bill is pretty much useless without proper implementation, which i doubt the Philippine government is capable of.
Andre says:
yeah thailand, china, philippines is next in internet censorship!
benchmark says:
hmmm did I remember it right? Kapag kulang ang nailagay mo sa SALN, Php5,000 lang ang parusa…pero kapag cybercrime, Php500,000…
Di ba dapat mas mataas ang parusa sa mga government officials?
Anyway, I just hope it’s not another stack of LAW that will pile on the dust after a few months…
turon says:
Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng illegal use? Applicable ba ito sa youtube?
Eizan says:
May mali sa title ng article na to.
The Congress of the Philippines is composed of two houses: The Upper House (Senate) and the Lower House (House of Representatives)
When you write kasi “Congress approves…” it might be construed na the two bills of the Houses have already been consolidated and are pending the President’s approval. FYI :)
Billy says:
Ay ayoko ng ganyan. Ang pangit naman wala na tayong freedom. Baka mamaya niyan nakablock na mga certain sites badtrip para lang Globe iToolbar.
totoybato says:
It is our right to say and act like idiots if we want to because it is our natural rights but we live and strive in the community that is ruled by preset of law in accordance to social norm that is dictated by our Civil rights, saying that it is a violation of our freedom of expression and speech think again.
the scope of Art.3 Sec. 4
The ideas that may be expressed under this freedom are not confined only to those that are sympathetic or acceptable to the majority. That would make the freedom more shadow that substance. To be really meaningful, it should permit articulation of even the unorthodox view, but to the extent it may not harm the character nor hurt the rights of an individual.
in shorter terms, Dont speak if you dont have nothing nice to say to another person. tumahimik nalang…
shallow says:
kalokohan na bill na to.. anu d na nila pakikinggan ang madlang tao kanila nalang opinion gusto nila pakinggan.. isipin nila na may freedom of speech.. dito lng nga na ihahayag ng mga istudyante mga hinaing nila..
wodering says:
wondering how can you detect someone if he/she is really the one who wrote it?
what basis?
ip?
picture while typing?
i just cant imagine how can you prove it?
Emman says:
Kapag siniraan ko ang sarili ko, at kinasuhan ko ang sarili ko ng libel, kikita ba ako ng P500,000 – P1,000,000? Haha!
Stupid law. Andali maging anonymous sa Internet. Mag-post ka ng anonymous na blog, I doubt if they can squeeze blogspot, wordpress, & other blog sites the IP addresses of the posters.
Hindi pa nila alam ang concept ng Dynamic IP at NAT. And I doubt that Facebook will give in to our government, spilling our addresses because of online libel.
ton says:
THEY FINISHED WITH CORONA FIRST—ALLOWED ABS-CBN-WATCHING- YELLOWTARDS TO MALIGN HIM.
AFTER THE CORONA AFFAIR—THEY WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH AT MEDIA–BAKA MAHANAP ANG ABNOYMARLITIES.
Pinoy Tiangge says:
Did they passed this kind of bill because celebrities has been bullied over the internet?
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