Angara, Sotto welcome indefinite TRO on cyber law
Senator Edgardo Angara, the principal author of the Cybercrime Prevention Act, welcomed the indefinite temporary restraining Order (TRO) on the law handed down by the Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday.
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Tweeting McCain compares Ahmadinejad to monkey
Outspoken US Senator John McCain raised eyebrows online Monday when he compared Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey that the Islamic republic recently launched into space.
Enrile’s dizzying whirl from ‘quitter’ to ‘winner’
Even Twitter, supposed to travel faster than sound, got lost in the speed with which Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Monday shifted gears from “quitter” to “winner.”
Enrile story goes viral: ‘The audacity,’ that’s our money!
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s Christmas cash gift of almost P30 million to his fellow senators rubbed Filipino netizens the wrong way, with some critics describing it as “suspicious” and “unethical.”
TRO on cyberlaw big victory for freedom of expression, says Guingona
“The first victory of the people and of freedom of expression.” That was how Sen. Teofisto Guingona III described the Supreme Court’s issuance Tuesday of a temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending implementation of the Cybercrime Prevention Act for 120 days while the high tribunal decides whether the law violates civil liberties.
Cyberbullies’ whipping boy hits back at foes
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Monday denied allegations he surreptitiously slipped in higher penalties for online libel in the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act.
Noah’s website survives great flood of cyberattacks
Like the biblical Noah who rode out the Great Flood, this Noah also emerged unscathed.
NBI: Int’l group behind hacking of gov’t web sites
Threats to hack web sites of government agencies by a group with an international affiliation have become a matter of national security, according to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) lead agent assigned to the probe.
Angara: Tough penalties due to Net’s global reach
Just one click and a libelous content goes global.
Senator backs anti-cybercrime law but draws line on blocking websites
The sponsor in the Senate of the Cybercrime Prevention Act wants Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to keep herself from blocking access to websites even if they are found to violate the provisions of the much-criticized law against Internet crimes.
De Lima won’t suspend cybercrime law power to block websites
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima turned down the proposal of Sen. Edgardo Angara, on Thursday, to suspend the implementation of a provision of the Cybercrime Prevention Act that gave the Department of Justice (DOJ) the power to block or restrict access to websites that violate the new law.
NBI says it has traced at least 20 ‘hacktivists’
The National Bureau of Investigation is investigating members of Anonymous Philippines, a group that has claimed on its Facebook account that it hacked the website of the NBI and those of other agencies.
Aquino moves to allay cyber fears
Faced with escalating street and online protests as well as hacking of websites, President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday assured the public that no civil liberties would be suppressed under the cybercrime law even as he sought a dialogue with all stakeholders.
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