In the press statement of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on the indictment of blogger Rey Joseph “RJ” Nieto for cyber libel, he said, “Nieto will now be brought to trial and face a penalty of at least prision correccional or imprisonment from 6 months to one year to 6 years should he be adjudged guilty of libel.”
Ang malisya ay "pangitain ng masamang hangarin o galit" at "nagpapahiwatig ng intensyon" na makasakit, ayon sa Korte Suprema sa isang desisyon noong 2009.
It comes in two forms: malice in law and malice in fact.
Sa pangkalahatan, ang literal na katotohanan o kabulaanan ng isang nakasisirang-puri na pahayag ay hindi mahalaga sa mga kaso ng libel.
PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is wrong.
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.
