How correcting a typo got Maria into trouble: The cyberlibel case vs Rappler

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MANILA -- On Saturday, two days before the expected release of the verdict in the cyberlibel case against her, acclaimed journalist Maria Ressa managed to crack a joke at the beginning of an interview

on ANC.

Among them was Wilfredo Keng who supposedly had a "shady past," linking him to human trafficking and drug smuggling based on an intelligence report. TIMELINE:September 12, 2012 – Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act was signed into lawOctober 2017 – Keng filed complaint with the NBI

Rappler rejected this, arguing that the 1988 case and the multiple publication rule only apply to print media, not online. On the issue of republication, the Manila court in November last year sided with the DOJ and ruled that the "multiple republication" rule applies to both print and online media. He pointed out that when the constitutionality of the Cybercrime law was affirmed, the Supreme Court ruled it is not a new crime. He thinks it should have same prescriptive period as ordinary libel of 1 year.

But the prosecution said the intelligence report cited was "unconfirmed" and Mr. Keng was not asked about his supposed involvement in murder, human trafficking, sale of illegal drugs or illegal smuggling.

 

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Maria Ressa's court case was filed by a private citizen not the government , Ressa dragged the government as the culprit and framed the present government as retaliation for her situation.

Guilty!

Typo or republishing the libelous article in 2014. Tumigil ka nga. Sana max 7 years. Hahaha

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