#House Bill 4795

A house bill on the lower house, filed by another representative, seeks to penalize harassment made through text messaging or social media. 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. You can read more of the house bill here. The House of Representatives of the Philippines approved House Bill No. House Bill 8468 still needs approval on third and final reading before it can move forward in the legislative process. The US House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote (352-65), has recently passed a bill forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a potential ban in the US. Read more in our articles including "House Bill Filed to Penalize Cyber-harrassment" and "House approves Digital Payments Bill on second reading".