10175) is the online defamation or online libel provisions. Contrary to what a lot of people think, the provision on online libel did not came into effect with the Anti-Cybercrime Law. That law has now made the Revised Penal Code under Article 355 on Libel applicable to the use of internet. Libel means by writings or similar means. An example of a huge online libel case was filed back in October 18, 2005 by the Yuchengco Group vs. The first libel case because of Facebook was filed in 2009 by Dr. As a side note, this author was also sued for online libel in 2006. What the Anti-Cybercrime Law did was to clearly outline what online libel is and basically doubled the penalties. Read more in our articles including "Did you know Online Libel has been around since 2001?" and "Congress approves Anti Cybercrime Bill HB 5808 ".
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May 6, 202610175) is the online defamation or online libel provisions. Contrary to what a lot of people think, the provision on online libel did not came into effect with the Anti-Cybercrime Law.
That law has now made the Revised Penal Code under Article 355 on Libel applicable to the use of internet. Libel means by writings or similar means. An example of a huge online libel case was filed back in October 18, 2005 by the Yuchengco Group vs.
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