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Amended petition vs. cybercrime law contests cybersex, regular libel Mark MERUEÑAS, GMA News February 4, 2013 A group of petitioners against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 has amended their complaint, asking the Supreme Court to also declare as illegal the regular libel — as opposed to only e-libel — as penalized under the Revised…

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Amended petition vs. cybercrime law contests cybersex, regular libel
Mark MERUEÑAS, GMA News
February 4, 2013

A group of petitioners against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 has amended their complaint, asking the Supreme Court to also declare as illegal the regular libel — as opposed to only e-libel — as penalized under the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

The petitioners also included Section 4(c)(1) on cybersex and Section 4(c)(2) on child pornography of the cybercrime law, or Republic Act 10175, as among the portions they are contesting.

In its original petition filed last September, the petitioners questioned the “electronic libel” or e-libel provision of the law, saying it was in violation of the constitutional right to free expression.

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