A house bill on the lower house, filed by another representative, seeks to penalize harassment made through text messaging or social media.
House Bill 4795, introduced by Rep. Johnny Pimentel, aims to ‘ensure the protection of the right to free speech and expression in cyberspace without its abuse’. With the house bill, those who threaten another through text messaging and social media and other electronic means of communication, as well as ‘placing a person in fear of imminent physical harm’ through the said channels will be penalized.
Also included in those that will be penalized are the following:
Penalties, if the bill will be enacted into law, will be imprisonment for 5-10 years, and fines between Php100,000USD 1,704INR 144,460EUR 1,623CNY 12,410-500,000. You can read more of the house bill here.
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Daniel Desembrana says:
Slippery slope to curtailing freedom of speech and expression. We already have libel laws. Just toughen up your skin in social media.