MEDIA LOG ENTRY #1: Science and Technology

ANTI-CYBERCRIME LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Cham Tibor

Photo from the article: Philippine Supreme Court suspends Cybercrime Law - Oliver Teves

  Oliver Teves' October 9, 2012 article (see link above) reports about the Supreme Court's

decision suspending the Anti-Cybercrime Law approved by President Benigno S. Aquino 

III. The law aims to avoid cyber bullying, plagiarism, cybersex, online pornography and identity theft. But, the journalists and other people on the internet totally oppose the law because it violates the freedom of speech and due process. As a protest, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, replaced their avatars with black screens. However, Aquino declared that he is after the online libel provision and he also agreed in lowering the degree of penalties.

As a Philippine Mass Media student and an active internet user - I, somehow, disagree with Anti-Cybercrime Law's provisions. It is like the government tends to take the freedom away from us. Being young, I honestly do not easily comprehend some of its advantages as a law. But for me, as far as I understand, the law violates the meaning of democracy, the meaning of being free and the freedom to broadcast every little detail we know. 

 I also participated in the protest by changing my profile picture into black  screen. I  stopped commenting and liking other people's post, because maybe,  I might get caught  and accuse me of violating the Anti-Cybercrime Law. But, thank  God. It only lasted for a few  weeks. Thank you for bringing back our freedom  of expression. Thank you, SC!




Reference: 

Teves, O. (2012 October 9). Philippine Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law. Yahoo! News.

   Retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/philippine-supreme-court-suspends-cybercrime-law-065213452--finance.html.