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Will Philppine Net Supression Affect Your Outsource?

by MoneyMagnetMagnate
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New Philippine cyber law could numb the Net | Sci-Tech | DW.DE | 02.10.2012

Do you think this could impact outsourcing in the Philippines? If so, how?
  • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
    unlikely when you take the level of police corruption into account
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanEagle
    I dont think so as long as nothing illegal are being outsourced.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Jonas Phil VA
    To make sure I got this right I asked a lawyer here in the Philippines about it. The implementing rules are still being written but the short answer is: it might.

    For the most part, the RA 10175 or Cybercrime bill shouldn't affect your business, as long as you stay away from anything political/controversial. It has good provisions that protects people against identity theft, cybersquatting, online fraud, and spamming. However, we in the Philippines are protesting that law because of the very broad libel clause that curtails freedom of expression and places steep penalties for those proven guilty (up to 12 years jail time). This Forbes article even explains how it's worse than SOPA and even non-Filipinos can be charged if they make libelous comments.
    “If you click ‘like,’ you can be sued, and if you share, you can also be sued,” said Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, one of the lawmakers who voted against the passage of the law.
    “Even Mark Zuckerberg can be charged with cyber-libel,” the senator said.
    The provision, according to Guingona, is so broad and vague that it’s not even clear who should be liable for a given statement online. And if you’re found guilty, get ready to spend up to 12 years in prison."

    To be quite honest, a lot of the online workers I know are a little paranoid about this. Freedom of expression is a basic human right. We're worried that if we say the wrong thing online, we could go to jail. Libel is a non-bailable offense here in the Philippines.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Jonas Phil VA
    Just a quick update. The Philippines Supreme Court issued a TRO on the law. The justices demanded that the law be reviewed and the controversial provisions be resolved or removed.
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  • Profile picture of the author OutsourceFactor
    Thanks John. That was really nice to know. From our research, there's no need for alarm when you're an independent contractor or freelancer. Maybe if you have a huge BPO company because the government has the power to listen in to any calls made via the internet. But generally if you're not doing anything illegal, you don't have to be worried.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Interesting because just recently it has become easier for Philippinos to do business online. Prior to this they were on the 'black list' for anything involving using a credit card but I notice more and more of them are able to join programs with no problems only recently.

    So I would think that the government should be more concerned about the FRAUD perpetrated by their own citizens - and protecting their innocent citizens from being ostracized merely because of where they live.
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