Philippine Cybercrime Law Under Fire
Ellyne Phneah | ZDNet.com
A group of petitioners in Philippines, consisting of lawmakers, bloggers and students, have sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the country’s implementation of its Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012–making it the sixth filed against the controversial legislation.
According to GMA News Online on Monday, the petition centered on the definition of online libel stated in the law, specifically sections 4, 5 and 6, which the petitioners say are “unconstitutional due to vagueness”. The law also curtails “constitutional rights to due process, speech, expression, free press and academic freedom”, it stated.
The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 , signed by President Benigno Aquino III on Sep. 12, aims to fight online pornography, hacking, identity theft and spamming following local law enforcement agencies’ complaints over the lack of legal tools to combat cybercrime.
However, the law came with tougher legal penalties for Internet defamation, compared to traditional media.
It also allows authorities to collect data from personal user accounts on social media and listen in on voice and video applications such as Skype, without a warrant. Users who post defamatory comments on Facebook or Twitter, for example, could be sentenced to up 12 years in jail.
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