Protesting the new cybercrime law in the philippines

[zeromonth]

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Interesting statement.  I'm not exactly knowledgeable as what's going on all the way over there, but judging by what this says, I'd probably side with with ya.  However, I don't think I can really protest it when I'm thousands of miles away.  Or maybe I can? 

But, I do feel that this applies to many things, especially now, in our age of "politics".  It's almost become a universal truth of our time.  Criticizing a system that already works, but could be better, for example.  Or your schoolteacher.  Or your friend's mom. 

Not that these are considered cybercrime, but I like to think that the concept is similar, if not the same, in a sense. 

[zeromonth]

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You can check the link here for more infos;


http://ph.news.yahoo.com/human-rights-watch--cybercrime-law-violates-free-expression-rights.html
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/44236/intl-groups-warn-philippines-on-anti-cybercrime-law


cheers

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Well, I guess I see how it is, for the most part.  Libel really shouldn't be a criminal offense, although I've seen how it can be hurtful to people.  The main problem with libel is that people would sometimes rather believe what they hear to be the truth, rather than scrutinizing it up close for the facts.  There might even be a bunch of really good shit in this bill, but since this one part is controversial, the rest is mostly disregarded; and thus, people call for the absolute repeal of it, rather than simply amending the part that offends them (or what have you).

[Anyaie So]

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Anyway the cybercrime law is for the sake of people (really!). Its just that its too strict and some b*st*rd senator added some ridiculous amendments.