Kontrobersyal ang mga tsapter ng Trans-Pacific Partnership hinggil sa liberalisasyon sa agrikultura; pag-import at pag-eksport ng “textiles”, “apparel”, at “footwear”; intellectual property rights (IPR); serbisyo at pamumuhanan; kontrol sa pamumuhunan at kapital; pribatisasyon ng mga kumpanyang pag-aari ng gobyerno; pangangalaga ng kalikasan; at karapatan ng mga manggagawa.
“The questioned law has a particularly chilling effect on online journalism. These days, not only will a journalist’s work be published using traditional media, but it will be made available on the internet.” – media groups
“Upholding the constitutionality of the Cybercrime Law is tantamount to sanctioning repression of the freedom of expression and speech, a move that harks back to the dark days of the Marcos dictatorship.” – College Editors Guild of the Philippines
“By extending the reach of the antediluvian libel law into cyberspace, the Supreme Court has suddenly made a once infinite venue for expression into an arena of fear, a hunting ground for the petty and vindictive, the criminal and autocratic.” — NUJP
The #NoToCybercrimeLaw alliance called on all netizens and the public to turn their profile pictures on social media into black this February 25.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Feb. 18 decision of the Supreme Court is at best only a partial victory for free expression. The Court declared the provisions of the Cyber Crime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175) on unsolicited commercial communications (Section 4c3), real-time collection of traffic data (Section 12), and…
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Supreme Court once again came out with a Solomonic decision: it declared certain provisions of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 as unconstitutional but upheld some as constitutional. The decisions of the Supreme Court are, at best, Solomonic because it is not immune to the political environment it operates…
“The criminal nature of libel in this country makes it the perfect tool of harassment (short of murder, which has also taken out so many Filipino journalists).”
Ni RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat.com Lapis sa papel, binali; humiwa sa dila’t labi. FOI* ang hinihingi; Cybercrime Law ang sinukli. *FOI – Freedom of Information
The government has been using the people’s money to violate its citizen’s privacy,
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In questioning the solicitor general, the magistrates picked apart Sections 4(c)(4), 6, 7, 12 and 19, of the law.