By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
With or without the cybercrime law, Internet users could still be charged with libel under the Revised Penal Code, Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito†Sotto III said on Tuesday.
And Sotto admitted that he was not aware of the existence of the online libel law when he proposed it to be included in the cybercrime act.
“There are studies that are being conducted now. And I am informed that if it would be stricken down (libel provision in the cybercrime law), there’ll be no problem. The libel stays in the Revised Penal Code so it can still be used whether you use a computer or not,†he told reporters on Tuesday.
“That’s according to my source in the Department of Justice,†he said.
Asked by this reporter why Congress then still included online libel in the cybercrime law, Soto said, “
E hindi namin alam dati. Ngayon lang nalalaman (We didn’t know that before. We just learned about it now).â€
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