No To CyberCrime Law!

I stand against Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 as it is a violation to Article III Section 4 of the Philippine Constitution that says "No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, of the press..." The said Act, which took effect on October 3, 3012, criminalizes online libel and gives the government unnecessary and excessive powers over its citizens as the Act empowers the government in having the blanket authority to shut down websites. This Act curtails free speech and stifles the very essence of democracy. The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 also clearly and shamelessly ignores the United Nations declaration that internet freedom is a basic human right.

I stand against Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, and I stand in congruence with the position taken by my fellow bloggers in their petition to nullify Sections 4(c)4, 5, 6, 7, 12 and 19 of Republic Act 10175, or the Cybercrime law.

Sec 4 criminalizes online libel, while Sec 5 penalizes the abetting of commission of cybercrimes. Sections 6 and 7 include all crimes in the Revised Penal Code under the Cybercrime law and increase the corresponding penalties to one degree.

Sec 12 authorizes state agents to collect real-time traffic data, while Sec 19 grants the DOJ the power to shut down websites that contain harmful data based on prima facie evidence.
(http://www.rappler.com/nation/13633-bloggers-file-petition-against-cybercrime-law)

I am Dan, and I stand against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.