AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated October 09, 2012 12:00 AM
Allow me to share my personal apprehensions about the Cyber-crime Prevention Act of 2012 or otherwise known as Republic Act (RA) 10175, as follows:
1. The element of an empowered Justice Department (DoJ) to shut down deemed offensive websites or blogs has to be clearly defined. Under President Benigno S. Aquino III (P-Noy), there’ll likely be nothing to worry about. But what happens when the likes of another Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) rises to power?
2. That’s a very poor justification for imposing stiffer penalties for libel on cyberspace when compared to libel on mainstream media. The penalties for libel whether on cyberspace or in the mainstream media should be uniform. The fact that our newspapers are also on cyberspace via their respective websites debunks the basis for a stiffer penalty for libel on cyberspace.
There is a need for reason to prevail over the mass hysteria that followed the passing of the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Much of the hysteria can be traced to people’s mistaken notion that cyberspace is a personal space where the State or other offended individuals have no recourse to what’s stated or depicted, much less seek redress. You own the computer perhaps but cyberspace is public domain. Being a new form of technology that was fast evolving, it took time to craft the necessary laws that will govern behavior on cyberspace.
NO PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO LIBEL OR SLANDER ANOTHER PERSON whether on mainstream media — print, radio and television — or in cyberspace. That’s what the hysterical protesters of the RA 10175 have forgotten altogether. Mistaken notions and imagined fears have clouded their judgment.
Social media cannot be classified as “personal” communication, as what the anti RA 10175 protesters are saying. Both Facebook and Twitter are shared with many other persons, perhaps far exceeding in numbers the actual circulation of some of our dailies — some estimated to be anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 copies per edition.
If you’re a woman and somebody posted a faked photo of you on Facebook and narrated a malicious story around it that makes you look like a streetwalker — you have the right to sue and claim damages. If you’re a man and somebody posted a faked photo of you beside another woman, who wasn’t really in that scene, to make it look that you’re having an affair — you too have the right to sue and claim damages.
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