[In the news] #NoToCybercimeLaw: Take action on January 15 -POC

#NoToCybercimeLaw: Take action on January 15 by Vencer Crisostomo, http://www.thepoc.net January 13, 2013 Various groups are set to hold a protest march in front of the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila on Tuesday as the oral arguments against President Noynoy Aquino’s Cybercrime Law are set to be heard. Earlier today, petitioners of the 15 petitions…

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#NoToCybercimeLaw: Take action on January 15
by Vencer Crisostomo, http://www.thepoc.net
January 13, 2013

Various groups are set to hold a protest march in front of the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila on Tuesday as the oral arguments against President Noynoy Aquino’s Cybercrime Law are set to be heard.

Earlier today, petitioners of the 15 petitions filed against the law, which form the #NoToCybercrimeLaw coalition announced their plans for the “Black Tuesday Protest” to call on the high court to junk “cyber martial law.”

Protest activities already started on Friday as netizens turned their social media profile photos to black. A picket protest was held in front of the SC and students in campuses displayed black banners to call on people to join the protests.

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