anti-cybercrime law

In a decision made by the Supreme Court, the petition to call the Anti-Cybercrime Law (RA 10175) as unconstitutional was clarified today with mixed results. However, other provisions of the Anti-Cybercrime Law were declared unconstitutional, including the take-down clause, the sending of unsolicited commercial messages (this means SMS spam is still considered legal) and some double-jeopardy clauses. In September 2012, the Anti-Cybercrime Bill was passed into a law and signed by Pres. The law was then challenged and a TRO was filed before the Supreme Court which has since held off making any decisions as far back as January 2013. The 120-day TRO on the Anti-Cybercrime Law was issued on October and is due to expire tomorrow Feb 6. It’s uncertain when the high tribunal will reach a decision, but what’s important is that the law remains in limbo while they’re reaching a conclusion. Of course, when discussing the recent hacking of multiple government it's inevitable not to discuss about the controversial anti-cybercrime prevention act of 2012 in the country. When asked about his opinion about the law he said that it isn’t that far off from the cybercrime convention and added that he favors some of the provisions in the law that were not on the convention like identity theft and cybersquatting. Read more in our articles including "Supreme Court upholds Internet Libel of RA 10175" and "Supreme Court extends TRO on RA 10175".