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I’m going to blackout all my sites on the 3rd 2nd of October 2012, to join the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance in the protest against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. To date, six petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court, and other groups will be coming out with more. Secretary Leila de Lima [...]

These are my thoughts on the newly-enacted Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175). I believe that this law has a huge potential to undermine constitutionally safeguarded liberties, especially freedom of expression. There are provisions in this new law that are flawed as well. Here are the reasons why I think so: Provision against “cyber-squatting” Section [...]

Why do we need a national bloggers’ association? One major rationale that I would like to discuss now is this: the preservation of the rights of bloggers as human beings and as citizen journalists. An association that is national in character and enjoys recognition by Filipino bloggers can have the mandate to uphold these rights. [...]