Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a measure seeking to remove imprisonment as a penalty in libel cases and specifying the venue of the civil action in libel cases involving community journalists, publications, or broadcast stations. Instead of jail time, Estrada proposed the...
Senator Robinhood ‘’Robin’’ C. Padilla today Dec. 6 today said malicious disinformation should not go unpunished as it violates the rights of others.
As chairman of the Senate committee on public information and mass media, Padilla said the constitutional right to freedom of...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Monday, November 28 said fake news, especially if it is used to malign or extort, should be punished and not "protected" under the provisions of the Philippine Constitution on the right to freedom of the press and of freedom of expression.
The Senate...
