Today, October 3, marks the implementation of the Anti-Cybercrime Law also known as Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 or Republic Act 10175. Today, the government had officially stepped upon the Filipino's freedom of speech and expression as mandated in the Bill of Rights. Today, the Filipinos can no longer talk about the idiocy and flaws of our government or any one for that matter. Today and moving forward, our mouths will be shut and all our thoughts and ideas for a better government will only be parked at the back of our heads. And starting today, commenting on the actions of our politicians, whom we had voted ourselves and who claims that we, the citizens are the boss, will officially be a punishable crime just like rape and murder.
The good thing is that lawmakers and other influential and smart people who still got it all together are raising a petition to remove the specific clauses in RA 10175 that are unconstitutional especially the clause on libel that clearly violates Sec.4 of the Bill of Rights.
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