Oct 2 is #blacktuesday

Filipino netizens are up in arms about the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act. Passed as a law last Sept 12, RA 10175 goes into effect tomorrow, Oct 3. As a supposed last minute addition, a libel clause was inserted into the Act before it was passed into law. The libel clause penalizes, with heavier penalties than print libel, online libel and anyone who shares, retweets, reposts, "likes", "diggs" any piece that can be viewed as libel. The inclusion of this clause may possibly (possibly, teh? haha) curtail our freedom of expression on teh internets. Others have already labeled this as a form of cyber martial law.

There are already 6 various petitions lodged in the Supreme Court regarding the new law. The petitions seek to nullify parts of the law that are deemed unconstitutional. Today, protesters in black are marching to the Supreme Court.

Read more about this issue (too lazy to S****-nize everything):

Sen. Teofisto Guingona III on Rappler
Rissa Robles, "Who inserted that libel clause in the cybercrime law at the last minute"