‘Cyber-Perling’ decries threats

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IN SUPPORT OF PERLING Netizens created this Facebook page to support Esperlita Garcia, who has been sued and arrested for libel for taking her opposition to mining to cyberspace. SCREENSHOT FROM FACEBOOK

Environmentalist Esperlita Garcia on Tuesday expressed alarm over what she described as possible attempts to intimidate her in her fight against mining and electronic libel.

Posted: October 24th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Iloilo groups vs cybercrime law laud TRO

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Protesters display placards and portraits of Philippine senators who proposed a bill and later signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III, known as "Cyber Law," during their picket at the Commission on Elections office on Oct. 6, 2012, in Manila. 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. AP PHOTO/BULLIT MARQUEZ

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.

Posted: October 9th, 2012 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Sotto admits he proposed online libel provision

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The Cybercrime Prevention Act’s provision on online libel wasn’t a last-minute insertion in the bicameral conference. The provision was Senator Vicente Sotto III’s proposal that the Senate approved on the floor without objection in January.

Posted: October 2nd, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Rights lawyer, columnist lead filing of 5th petition vs cybercrime law

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Lawyer Harry Roque on Sunday said he was one of the five speakers to deliver their oral arguments on the anticybercrime law on Jan. 15, specifically on the subject of online libel and how the Internet works. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Human rights lawyer Harry Roque and columnist Ellen Tordesillas on Friday led the filing at the Supreme Court of the fifth petition against the controversial Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

Posted: September 28th, 2012 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Twitter told to give up Occupy protester’s tweets

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Twitter must turn over about three months’ worth of an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets, a judge said Monday, in a case that has become a closely watched fight over law enforcement agencies’ access to material posted on social networks.

Posted: July 4th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

France raps Google’s new privacy policy

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France on Tuesday demanded that Internet giant Google postpone rolling out its new privacy policy two days before it comes into effect as it appears to break European Union data protection rules.

Posted: February 29th, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

‘Cyber-Perling’ decries threats

Iloilo groups vs cybercrime law laud TRO

Sotto admits he proposed online libel provision

Rights lawyer, columnist lead filing of 5th petition vs cybercrime law

Twitter told to give up Occupy protester’s tweets

France raps Google’s new privacy policy

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