Scams and tons of cybercrime proliferate cyberspace, and it seems it’s not stopping anytime soon. Keep yourself informed with this guide on how to report online scams, cybercrime, and cyber libel in the Philippines. Online crimes are just as prevalent as those on the streets. The PNP recorded 16,300 cases in 2023 alone, with over […]
Clarifies liking or commenting won’t get you in legal trouble The Supreme Court en Banc Today has upheld the constitutionality of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime prevention act, including the controversial online libel clause. According to SC, the libel clause is constitutional, but comes with a caveat – only the original author is subject to […]
Be careful what you say online While the internet has allowed people to make some truly amazing things, it has also spawned quite a few nasty things, chief of which is cyber bullying. New Zealand has apparently had enough and have passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill into law, which essentially outlaws cyber-bullying. The law prohibits […]
According to multiple reports the Supreme Court will rule that most of the provisions of the Cybercrime Law are constitutional. This includes Internet libel, data interference, cybersquatting, identity theft, child pornography, cybersex, and hacking into computer systems. Nobody raised hell with almost all of the violations except from Internet Libel. This is actually very tricky […]
UNBOXED: Cybercrime Law in the Philippines Today the new Cybercrime Law takes full effect. We here in Unbox are against certain provisions (specifically the inclusion of Libel) and we believe that it should be amended. We believe that the passage of this law not only shows that several officials in government are insensitive and outdated, […]
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) warns the public of a rewards scam that pretends to be a message from Globe Telecom. In its advisory, the CICC said that the aforementioned rewards scam makes use of the domain globeeph.top, and preys on vulnerable customers via SMS or Text Message. Those who click on the […]
Protecting your accounts online is now just as important as loving someone. In today’s digital age, you can say goodbye to years of posts and messages, or your money at worst, with a simple click to a phishing website or connecting to an unsecured connection, to name a few. We list down top tips for […]
It is undeniable that social media is a very powerful tool for information dissemination. This is why the Commission on Elections (Comelec) wants to regulate social media and penalize online trolls during campaign periods. “We would like to readily admit that because of the absence of a law regulating social media in the Philippines that […]
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The police are stepping up its cybercrime operations Thought that the government wasn’t serious when it said that fake news peddlers would be arrested? Think again – the PNP’s Anti-Cybercrime Group has announced that it has arrested 24 people suspected of spreading fake news in social media that has induced panic among people. Police Regional […]
A Matter of Online and Social Media Accountability House Bill No. 4093, AKA “The Online Social Media Membership Accountability Act”, was introduced by Congressman Arnolfo A. Teves Jr. and was received at 11:15am on October 13, 2016. The bill, if approved and passed as a law, will require public and private entities to submit themselves to […]
All of this because of Instagram If you like reposting, retweeting or regramming inflammatory statements on your social media, take note: the wife of Chito Miranda, the front man for Parokya ni Edgar now has an arrest warrant issued against her because she regrammed (or reposted) an Instagram post by Danilyn Nunga, a former employee […]