Iloilo groups vs cybercrime law laud TRO

Opponents of the Cybercrime Prevention Act who held protests on Tuesday in Iloilo lauded the Supreme Court’s issuance of a temporary restraining order against the implementation of the said law.

Opponents of the Cybercrime Prevention Act who held protests on Tuesday in Iloilo lauded the Supreme Court’s issuance of a temporary restraining order against the implementation of the said law.

Lawmakers on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to issue a temporary restraining order on the contentious Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

Malacañang was unfazed by the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court against the implementation of the controversial cybercrime law, saying it was ‘provisional remedy,” and not a judgment on its merits.

Malacañang on Saturday appealed to hackers protesting the controversial cybercrime law to stop their attacks on government websites, particularly those agencies that provide disaster data and advice online to the public.

Malacañang on Saturday said it was unaware of any documents supposedly hacked or leaked by international hacktivist group Anonymous.

International hacking group Anonymous early Saturday morning leaked two social marketing plans supposedly obtained from Malacañang.

Senator Edgardo Angara on Thursday took responsibility for the passage of the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and admitted there might have been “some omissions” even as he said they were not “deliberate.”

The Philippine National Police is investigating who are behind the hactivist group Anonymous Philippines, which launched a series of attacks on mostly government websites to protest the cybercrime law.

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to hunt down hactivists defacing government websites.

Filipino netizens are the freest in Asia and sixth in the world when it comes to Internet freedom, according to a study by a Washington DC-based advocacy group released as outrage builds in the Philippines over a new cybercrime law.

The government should not engage hackers in an “arms race” by announcing it is boosting its website security, an Information Technology expert Jerry Liao told Radyo Inquirer 990AM Friday.

“Will we now have offenses such as inciting to sedition with the aid of a computer? Or rebellion committed via the internet?”

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) can access internet traffic data even without a court order under the new anti-cybercrime law, Director General Samuel Pagdilao, CIDG Chief, said Tuesday.