Hackers strike Sotto site ahead of Cybercrime Law’s court debate

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A week before the January 15 oral arguments on the Cybercrime Law at the Supreme Court, hackers, allegedly led by “Anonymous Philippines,” defaced the official website of Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. The senator, who admitted he supported the online libel provision of the controversial law, just shrugged off the defacing of titosotto.com. The Cybercrime Law, which President Benigno Aquino III signed in September 2012, took effect in October but was not implemented following the Supreme Court’s 120-day temporary restraining order. Human rights groups, Internet users, bloggers, academics and journalists filed various petitions against the law, saying it gave the government too much power over netizens and violated freedom of expression and freedom of speech.


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