The Filipino Supreme Court today issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the newly enacted Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The TRO comes on the heels of large scale demonstrations, Blackout Tuesday, both online and offline from citizens and journalists who claim the new law is tantamount to a new "cyber authoritarianism." Access joined with Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance (PIFA.ph) in calling on lawmakers to repeal the law, and on Tuesday delivered an open letter to the government calling on them to junk the law. This letter was backed by the 13,000 of people from over 100 countries who signed a petition urging for the law to be taken off the books.
Filipino Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law
La Cour suprême philippine suspend la loi sur le "cybercrime"
Des milliers de citoyens et journalistes à travers le monde se sont mobilisés contre la nouvelle loi votée aux Philippines sur le "cybercrime" qu’ils considèrent comme une porte ouverte au "cyber-autoritarisme". Ils craignent que cette loi qui légalise la surveillance des posts sur facebook, des emails mais aussi des SMS, sous couvert de lutte contre le spam et le harcèlement cybernétique, ne se révèle un puissant outil de lutte contre la contestation politique.