Why Libel Or Defamation Should Remain Criminally Liable
There was a movement during the passage of the anti-Cybercrime law back in 2012 calling for the decriminalization of libel. They probably shout that again with the recent arrest of …
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COMELEC data breach: Filipinos worldwide at risk of digital fraud!
A security ‘mishap’ has resulted in millions of Filipino voters’ personal details exposed to cyber-criminals. In a 6th April blog report, global digital security solutions firm Trend Micro reported that …
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Gamergate and the Culture of Online Shaming
Only recently I read up on the details of Gamergate, an incident where a spat between two ex-lovers in the gaming industry became a full-blown harassment campaign on the Internet. …
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The Philippines is centre of a billion-dollar global sex industry involving children
A foreign journalist working with Philippine police and an American non-government organisation (NGO) has exposed more of the under-reported underworld of the Philippines’ underage sex industry. A Daily Mail UK …
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Andrea Brillantes: Latest victim of social media’s dark underbelly
The Net is on fire in the Philippines over the “viral” spread of a personal video allegedly of Filipino showbiz celebrity Andrea Brillantes. Brillantes, star of the hit TV drama …
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Nigerian email scammers make way for Filipino online sextortionists!
It used to be Nigerian email phishers and scammers. Now it is Filipino sextortionists. It is big business, described to be “industrial” in scale in a Washington Post report involving …
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Ban on access to porn over the Net in the Ph to start this month
If things work according to plan, devices and networks accessing the Internet through Philippine Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will supposedly be porn-free this month. Yugatech.com reports this is a move …
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Online libel, freedom of information, and what Filipinos have done with their freedom
Outrage in the citizenry continues erupting over the recent ruling of the Supreme Court regarding the online libel clause in Republic Act 10175, A.K.A. the Cybercrime Law. Due to the …
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