Statement on the Philippine Cybercrime law #cybercrimelaw

Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 . My stand on it stays the same as eight months ago when I thought netizens should have been consulted. Eight months ago, I also wanted the bill re-written. Unfortunately, it was passed and the questionable Section 19 was inserted at the Bicam level.

Together with other netizens, we organized Filipino Internet Freedom Alliance (hashtag #FIFAph), a broad coalition of individuals and organizations seeking to amend / remove the provisions which threaten Internet Freedom in Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. In the long-term, it aims to be the bastion of this freedom.

On Tuesday Oct 2, 2012 at 10:00 AM, we will troop to the Supreme Court to file a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) petition. We will use the power of social media to spread the word, and to let the three branches of our government know how we feel about the Cybercrime Prevention Act in its current form.

Statement on the Philippine Cybercrime law

In order to make my stand, I requested Cocoy Dayao to draft a statement. Cocoy is one of Blog Watch bloggers who wrote extensively on internet freedom. Lately , he wrote also about Understanding the Philippine Cybercrime Law.

As editor of Blog Watch, this is my statement on the Cyber Crime Law:

Cybercrimes are real. Cybercrimes happen everyday. Cybercrimes are offenses committed against a person, or a people, a government— threatening national security, for example or a corporation— disrupting financial institutions. Cybercrimes have criminal motivations. Cybercrimes are meant to harm the reputation of a victim. Cybercrimes can cause physical or mental harm to a victim, whether directly, or indirectly using the amazing technology we have around us like The Internet, chat rooms, emails, message boards, groups, social networking, and even through our mobile phones.

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