Sen. Risa Hontiveros has filed a bill seeking the decriminalization of libel as she argued that the country’s libel laws have been used and abused to clamp down on the freedom of the press.
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By DIANN IVY CALUCIN
A Baguio-based journalist was convicted on Tuesday, Dec. 13, of cyber libel by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 93 over his Facebook post against former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol in 2017.
According to a DZBB Super Radyo report
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, December 13 announced she has filed a bill to decriminalize libel, citing how current libel laws have been used and abused to suppress press freedom.
“Our libel laws have been weaponized to stifle very basic fundamental rights. These laws have been used to c