Philippine Cybercrime Law
(A position paper)
With the proliferation and development of technology the knowledge of a person is expanding and more and more are trying to achieve their desired learning. Its growth has both bad and good consequences for the people. Just a few of the benefits of this are that the people can express their thoughts, simplify the way of communication, a way to help the business, an easy way to gather knowledge, and so on.
The platform is helping the people in the way that it connects a person to another person. The downside is that some of the unwanted uses and abuses of this platform; these illegal activities are damaging the personality of others, intruding on private property online with stored information, fraud, and etc. In unexpected situations it is depressing to know that the information you are protecting is being duplicated by others or is being abused.
If analyzed even without basic data, the Philippines has a problem with poverty. Based on the data available on the internet, the country belongs to the category of "Third World Countries" where poverty is rampant. This is the reason for its people to incite evil deeds in their lives. Not only in everyday life but also in the use of modern technology. When it comes to development, it is a big help for the country's economy. It expands the information it can afford and easily sees new products and their features.
It can be said that its effect is good in any country. With the proliferation of Illegal activities taking place in the country specific to the emergence of technology, former President Benigno Aquino III enacted on September 12, 2012 the Philippine Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175) because based on the data is 87 percentage of Filipinos who use the internet have fallen victim to illegal activities and abuses.
The Philippine Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175) should only be implemented because; Internet business is covered by this statute. Cyber Sex and Cyber Bullying is now illegal and punishable. Government know-how will be increased to fight cyber attacks such as hacking and robbery.
Computer-related offences such as computer-related forgery, hacking and identity theft on the Internet are also protected by the statute. Under the statute, illegal or forbidden libel actions as specified in Article 355 of the revised Criminal Code , as amended, are "committed by a computer device or some other related means that may be developed in the future."