Earlier September 2012-09-16 that I watch on TV and internet
(for more information, click this link: http://www.interaksyon.com/infotech/beware-online-libel-included-in-cybercrime-law)
that RA 10175 has been affirmed by the President of the Philippines into law
and I read that law said in other provisions of law that “(4) Libel. – The unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code, as
amended committed through a computer system or any other similar means which
may be devised in the future.’ It means the old fashion libel act here will
be as a source provision of that law when in case a blogger attack a corrupt
politicians so politicians in revenge he will threat them by file a case to
those who attack using this kind law like what happen to Mon Tulfo and Mike Arroyo
(click this link for more information:http://www.philippinestoday.net/index.php?module=article&view=94)
that arroyo filed many case of libel to Mon because he accused Mike Arroyo of
scandal corruption in the government even mike was the first gentleman of that
time. But after several years those accusations were proven and now mike arroyo
was facing corruption charge against him and mon tulfo was still a journalist
not been already jailed because of his organizations and friends protecting him
against the filed charges of mike arroyo.
Now in my opinion: I am afraid this law will violate our
internet rights as bloggers, commentators and net users because this RA
10175 law that has a provision of libel
that too much broad to us and the result that we will be look like mon tulfo
and those threatening corrupt officials will be look like mike arroyo. And if
you are the blogger that has a bravery to show that corruption of those corrupt
politicians via internet then be prepared of those but if you don’t be prepared
to those charges like protecting you from your joining organizations then you gonna
be in jailed without proving that these are libel of your accusations to the
corrupt politicians and it must be hurtful to you that those accusations were
proven and then get free from jailed that remembering you in hurtful days in
jail.
Rep. Raymond Palatino said that it reiterated
the dangers that the new legislation might post to internet freedom. (click
this link for more informations: http://kabataanpartylist.com/blog/youth-solon-expresses-fears-amidst-passage-of-cybercrime-law/)
. He is right that it will curtain our internet freedom so being scared netizens
people.
But I have a tip when you already attacking a famous
politician in his/her bad way in government: be anonymous and be careful for those
tracking device of the government.
But most of all, to show the bad effect of that law, I
pleading all of you netizens that we should already create a party list in
congress that represents our voice for the next 2013 elections that we will
vote for his cause and promising us to protect rights that surely we vote. It
also represents a statistics for anti internet rights violations and surely helps
us by protecting against anti internet rights violators.
But right now please protest this law or if not then create
a party list that should be shoulder to cry on when any anti internet rights
happens to you. And by the way, netizens please don’t stop talking about Ra
10175 law for the sake of our rights in internet.
