VERA Files
Critical thinking, hindi bagong batas, ang solusyon sa problema ng “fake news.” Sinu-sino nga ba ang mga pasimuno sa pagkakalat ng “fake news”? Alamin sa komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.
By JAKE SORIANO ISTANBUL, Turkey—The Philippine government is a no-show here at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), the biggest global venue for discussions of all policy issues related to the complex business of governing the Web. Two officials from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) registered as participants, but both were unable to secure […]
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS ACTIVISTS troop to the Supreme Court tomorrow, the second time they will do so this month, to oppose the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. But another group has been working quietly towards much the same goal: a repeal of the law that critics say will violate the freedoms of speech and […]
Text and Photos by VINCENT GO
VARIOUS media groups, along with individual journalists, bloggers and press freedom advocates continue to challenge the constitutionality of the government’s new Cybercrime Prevention Law.
The controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 took effect today, October 3, the same day that media groups challenged it before the Supreme Court, and also the same day that hackers took down some government websites in what is thought to be another form of protest against the law. A group called Anonymous Philippines is […]
Text and video by LALA ORDENES
A radio broadcaster who spent two years in jail for libel is one of several journalists and human rights advocates who have asked the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the government’s controversial new law, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
By VINCENT GO
YOUTH from various sectors trooped to Mendiola on the 40th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, citing what they called the dictatorship “continuing in essence” under the administration of President Benigno Aquino.