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Old 2012-09-29, 10:17   Link #23976
sa547
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http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63

Nothing raged us off than the unexpected signing of the Cybercrime Bill, which had a unconstitutional provision calling for stiffer prison times for libelous online statements, but without being put through a public discussion and/or further consultation. The most dangerous thing about the libel provision is that it could be exploited by the privileged seeking protection from online criticism. Heck I even tried to get the EFF looking into it.

We're already a country who got blackmarked for having one of the worst environments for journalists, and then this. All because of a senator/cheeseball comedian who got owned for plagiarizing a blogger's entry and called it his own speech.
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