Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
19TH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ___ 
Introduced by Representative Michael L. Romero 
         EXPLANATORY NOTE 
In the country today, there are very few situations where it is useful or even 
desirable to be anonymous outside of explicitly anti-social or criminal 
behavior. The standard examples of corporate leaks, personal confessions, 
honest reviews, etc., do not benefit from true anonymity. 
Instead, people want to expose some subset of their identity and nothing more. 
Likewise, if someone confesses something about their personal life, they want to 
do it with a supportive community and not to strangers who do not care about 
or have a lasting relationship with them. 
While these services are great for providing a momentary distraction, they are 
still doing nothing to address the core problem of online identity security. 
It is not about being anonymous or even pretending to be someone else. It is 
about controlling which subsets of true facets of a person are relevant in different 
social contexts. This is fundamentally not deceptive but actually enables one to 
be authentic. 
However, this type of aggregation is a very bad deal. 
With this comes in the form of hyper-targeted advertisements. This is a scary 
proposition. 
Even though users primarily are reacting to this “stalking” factor, there is 
actually a delicate but much more dangerous force at work. 
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This House Bill seeks to persecute and penalize all forms of fake/false news. To 
provide stiffer penalties and sanctions for all offenders. 
Thus, the early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
MICHAEL L. ROMERO Ph.D.  


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
19TH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ___ 
Introduced by Representative Michael L. Romero 
   AN ACT 
PENALIZING ALL FORMS OF FAKE/FALSE NEWS, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY – it is hereby declared a policy 
of the state to protect and uphold the social media integrity and legitimacy of 
any person or corporation/institution. 
The Philippine National Police (PNP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 
and the Internet Service Provider (ISP) host like Facebook, Twitter and Google 
shall assist in finding and persecuting these offenders. 
SECTION 2. PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS – any person violating this 
act, or any failure of compliance with the provisions of this act, shall be punished 
by a fine of not less than Five Hundred thousand pesos (₱500,000.00) and 
imprisonment of not less than Ten (10) years 
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If the offender is a corporation; 
The President, Chief Executive Officer and other officers shall suffer the penalty 
of imprisonment. 
SECTION 3. TRANSITORY PROVISION – Existing industries, businesses 
and offices affected by the implementation of this Act shall be given six (6) 
months transitory period from the effectivity of the IRR or such other period as 
may be determined, to comply with the requirements of this Act. 
SECTION 4. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS – The 
departments and agencies charged, to be lead by the PNP and NBI with carrying 
out the provisions of this Act, shall within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of 
this Act, formulate the necessary rules and regulations for its effective 
implementation. 
SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSE – All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 6. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE – If, for any reason, any section or 
provision of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or 
provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby. 
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE – This Act shall take effect after 
fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
national newspapers of general circulation whichever comes earlier. 
 
Approved,