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MANILA, Philippines – The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 took effect Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Senator Teofisto ‘TG’ Guingona III, who welcomes both positive and negative comments on his Facebook and Twitter pages, has been very active and vocal on his stand against the law.
In his piece Cybercrime law: Demonizing technology, the senator writes, “Republic Act 10175 is oppressive and dangerous. It demonizes the computer user and extends its tentacles to a computer user’s freedom of expression and speech. In an age when decriminalization of libel is the trend, this law makes a fatal step back, toward the vault of archaic policies that cannot be made to apply to the modern man operating in a modern world.”
Several petitions against the cybercrime law have been filed on the Supreme Court even before it took effect but the High Tribunal said they needed more time to review it.
In this edition of #TalkThursday, Rappler talks to Senator TG Guingona and his fight for cyber freedom alongside the Filipino netizens.
Watch the livestream 4PM, Thursday, October 4, 2012 on Rappler.com and join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #TalkThursday. – Rappler.com
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