Our Cybercrime Prevention Act makes SOPA look tame!

[wyndslash]

The Philippines Passes a Cybercrime Prevention Act that Makes SOPA Look Reasonable - Forbes

The government of the Philippines has passed the Cybercrime Prevention Act, which on the surface, as usual, sounds perfectly well-intentioned. But when you read the actual contents of what

 

[OutofDate1980]

Once again proving those in power are opposed to Freedom of Speech and thought, regardless of nationality.

 

[ElasticNinja]

Philippines trying to ban pornography online? Surprise surprise.
Shame that religions can pretty much run countrys' social policies.

 

[sopaartsalee2015]

Google google google

 

[Hadron]

Or just read the dates on the posts, and you'll see that this thread is more than 5 years old...

 

[mikedt]

Move along, nothing to see here...

As that article was originally posted five years ago, the Cybercrime Prevention Act never actually became law AFAIK, similarly with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the US.

 

[psionandy]

Actually its all over now... the Cloud act got sneaked through without debate and scrutiny.. so privacy is finally dead.

https://www.accessnow.org/what-happened-with-the-cloud-act-and-what-comes-next/

 

[mikedt]

Thoughtcrime

 

[psionandy]

Thoughtcrime

Its funny you should say that....
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ournalists-influencers-database-a8293906.html