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Speaker goes after social media 'posers'
Speaker goes after social media 'posers'
RG Cruz,
ABS-CBN News
Published Feb 21, 2017 08:17 PM PHT
MANILA – House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday filed a bill seeking to regulate social media usage in the Philippines.
MANILA – House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday filed a bill seeking to regulate social media usage in the Philippines.
Alvarez filed House Bill 5012, which penalizes a person who will create a social media “account for his online presence using someone else's identity and presenting himself to the online world as that person whom he is not."
Alvarez filed House Bill 5012, which penalizes a person who will create a social media “account for his online presence using someone else's identity and presenting himself to the online world as that person whom he is not."
Under his proposed measure, Alvarez also mandates social media networks to ascertain the veracity of the identity of their users.
Under his proposed measure, Alvarez also mandates social media networks to ascertain the veracity of the identity of their users.
"Applicants for social media accounts shall be subjected by the social media networks to effective identity verification in order to ascertain the authenticity of an account,” Alvarez said.
"Applicants for social media accounts shall be subjected by the social media networks to effective identity verification in order to ascertain the authenticity of an account,” Alvarez said.
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“The applications of those found out as presenting himself as another person whom he is not shall be denied. Further, the user accounts of other persons, the authenticity of which are subsequently discovered as compromised, shall be shut down.”
“The applications of those found out as presenting himself as another person whom he is not shall be denied. Further, the user accounts of other persons, the authenticity of which are subsequently discovered as compromised, shall be shut down.”
Should the bill be passed into law, violators will face a jail time of 6 -12 years and a P30,000 to P50,000 fine.
Should the bill be passed into law, violators will face a jail time of 6 -12 years and a P30,000 to P50,000 fine.
The bill defines social media as any “electronic medium that allows interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information and ideas, including but not limited to uploading or downloading videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant messages, electronic mail and internet website profiles or locations.”
The bill defines social media as any “electronic medium that allows interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information and ideas, including but not limited to uploading or downloading videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant messages, electronic mail and internet website profiles or locations.”
Alvarez also filed House Resolution 777 which seeks an investigation in aid of legislation into the supposed failure of social media networks to provide an effective system to verify the authenticity of accounts registered with them.
Alvarez also filed House Resolution 777 which seeks an investigation in aid of legislation into the supposed failure of social media networks to provide an effective system to verify the authenticity of accounts registered with them.
The Speaker said, this has led to several incidents of identity theft.
The Speaker said, this has led to several incidents of identity theft.
Alvarez said that according to data from the Philippine National Police - Anti-Cybercrime Group, there have been 1,865 cybercrime complaints in 2016, 494 of which were for online libel, 444 for online scamming, while the rest were for identity theft, online threats and violations of anti-voyeurism law.
Alvarez said that according to data from the Philippine National Police - Anti-Cybercrime Group, there have been 1,865 cybercrime complaints in 2016, 494 of which were for online libel, 444 for online scamming, while the rest were for identity theft, online threats and violations of anti-voyeurism law.
Of these cases, only 4.66% made it to the prosecutor's office, 40.35% were either closed, and 51.44% remain under investigation.
Of these cases, only 4.66% made it to the prosecutor's office, 40.35% were either closed, and 51.44% remain under investigation.
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