After so many failed attempts to have the recently passed Anti-Cybercrime law be reviewed, some of our fellow countrymen just had enough of the crap and decided to take matters into their own hands by hacking multiple government websites and placing their banner on it. As the saying goes, “Action speaks louder than wordsâ€.
A few weeks ago, we posted an article about the Republic Act No. 10175 or the Anti-Cybercrime Law and some of the things that you can and cannot do because of it. Since this bill was turned in to a law, there were a group of people who urges the government to have the law revisited because it limits/diminishes our online freedom of speech.
This group of individuals have tried voicing out their concerns to the government peacefully but to no avail. As a result, some of this people have resorted to hacking several government sites and posting their banners which conveys their disappointment about the said law and their request to have it reviewed.
The words written on the hackers’ banner are basically the exact same words that most Filipino online freedom fighters have been saying all this time but seemed to have fallen on the government’s deaf ears. And just to add a bit more emphasis to their sentiments, the group also added a fitting background song “Freedom†from the band Rage Against the Machine. Here’s a copy of that message:
The Philippine Government has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Freedom of Expression in the Philippines.
The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 is the most notorious act ever witnessed in the cyber-history of the Philippines, and the language of the bill is cunningly designed to make you think it only applies to individuals who are deep in cyber-technology and doesn’t apply to everyone, but some part of the bill basically says it can imprison anyone who commits libel either by written messages, comments, blogs, or posts in sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or any other comment-spaces of other social media in the Internet.
New technologies give us new opportunities to connect with a lot of people not only in this country but all over the world. They can also provide us with a medium through which our political, public and even private views can have an immediate and direct impact on individuals, communities and even countries. It is just so disappointing that our government, in adopting our 80-year-old antiquated libel laws to the Cybercrime Law, again seems to have retarded our march with the rest of the world with respect to giving full force to the people’s freedom of expression.
We ask for a revision of the said bill for the betterment of the Filipino denizens.
Protect our Right to Freedom of Expression!
As of the time of writing there are already seven government websites which have been hacked by a team called Anonymous Philippines. Here’s the list of those sites:
1. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
2. Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
3. American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines
4. Philippine Anti-piracy Team
5. DENR Region 3
6. Department of Health: Smoke-Free Philippines
7. Institute for Development and Econometric Analysis
If this action still doesn’t get the attention of the government to revisit the law, I honestly don’t know what will. However, in my opinion, even if the government did heed the need to revisit the law, it’s still saddening to know that it has to go this far before the thoughts of a group of concerned citizens could be heard let alone be understood.
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Alison Alimambo says:
ooops ..sorry po na ulit yung mga comments ko .kala ko hnd napost yung mga iba eh ..caught as spam daw kc ..padelete nlang po yung iba .
Alison Alimambo says:
kaya ingat ingat sa pagcocomment sa mga bagay bagay sa net mga kapatid ..baka makulong tayo dahil sa pagsasabi ng ating nararamdaman :)
Alison Alimambo says:
kaya ingat ingat tayo mga kababayan sa pagcocomment..baka makulong tayo dahil sa pagsasabi ng ating nararamdaman :)
related blog post: http://altechzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/republic-act-no-10175-philippines-anti.html
Alison Alimambo says:
kaya ingat ingat tayo mga kababayan sa pagcocomment..baka makulong tayo dahil sa pagsasabi ng ating nararamdaman :)
Alison Alimambo says:
kaya ingat ingat tayo mga kapatid sa pagcocomment baka makulong tayo dahil sa pagsasabi ng totoo ..
Alison Alimambo says:
dapat mas pinagtutu-unan ng pansin ng gobyerno ang pagsecure sa websites nila sa halip na gumawa ng batas laban sa freedom of speech?..pasalamat nalang sila at nadeface lang ang BSP website at hnd kumuha ang mga hackers ng mga importateng impormasyon ng mga BSP members .pano nalang kung taga ibang bansa o mga magnanakaw ang nanghack ng banking website na yan? cgurado wala dn naman magagawa ang gobyerno para maparusahan ang mga gumawa .
Johnson Sarin says:
One huge facepalm to the government if they can’t even enforce the law against this petty hacking crime. This is a test for NBI’s capability. Tingnan nga natin ano magagawa nila dito.
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wreek says:
Long Live Democracy!
Kurizutin says:
The Anti-Cybercrime Law is good to protect the citizens. Pero hopefully, bisitahin nga ulit para mas linawin yung ibang areas.
Sonofa says:
sana mag pasa ng law against bobong pulitiko…
Junkyard says:
Meron naman… tawag dun eleksyon. Kung hindi sila ibinoto in the first place, hindi sila makakagawa ng bobong batas.
Paul A. says:
FREEDOM!
grigori says:
anonymous philippines maybe a branch out group of a much larger worldwide hackers network , Anonymous. wag sanang galitin ang pinoy online citizens, baka buong mundo e magalsa sa gobyerno ng pilipinas. di alam ng gobyerno ang kapabilidad ng mga hackers worlwide hehehhe
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e30ernest says:
While I do not usually support such extreme measures, I think this is the only way to get the government’s attention. I hope Anonymous strikes at more high-profile government sites to attract more attention. The general public does not know about this law, but they should. Public awareness will be our greatest ally.
Tuta Sutto says:
Mga may pansariling interest lang yung mga gumawa nyang ilang provision sa batas na yan… especially yung “take-down” at yung “online libel” na idinagdag ni Sotto, obviously gusto nyang gumanti dahil basag na basag sya sa mga tao online, dahil sa pagmamatigas nya about plagiarism. Mashadong marahas yang batas na yan… dapat nyan isaayos!
andz says:
dapat si sotto ang unang masampulan nito.
booboo says:
Although there should be a law to protect citizens against cyber crime or any other illegal activities committed online, there are provisions in the law that restricts our freedom of expression.
Noir says:
Yeah I hope they revise it….