Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

18TH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 188

Introduced by Representative Michael L. Romero

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Today, in the Republic of the Philippines, 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.

It is not about being anonymous or even pretending to be someone else. It is
abcut 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.

Outside of the Internet, it is extremely difficult to find out information about a
person so that we can easily and naturally compartmentalize our experiences.
This person is not a different person in these settings, it is always the same
person, but different parts of their identity are relevant.

With this comes in the form of hyper-targeted advertisements. This is a scary
proposition.


This House Bill seeks to regulate and set the proper standards and adequate
protocols of all social media identity schemes, information

sharing and
dissemination, security mechanics and overall interaction.

Thus, the early sage of this bill is earnestly requested.

L. ROMERO Ph.D.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

18TH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 188

Introduced by Representative Michael L. Romero

AN ACT

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATORY
BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR
OTHEP PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hvuse 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 security of any person or
organization.

It is also a policy of the state to create a regulatory board that will
oversee, regulate and create an effective control mechanism for all this social
media stuffs.

It shall hereby be declared a policy of the state to create a SOCIAL
MEDIA REGULATORY BOARD.


SECTION 2. COMPOSITION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATORY

BOARD:

1. Philippine National Police (PNP);

2.
3.
4.
5.

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) cyber crime division;
Department of Justice (DOJ);

A representative from the private sector;

An executive director, appointed by the Office of the President (OP); and

6. All Internet Service Provider (ISP) host like Facebook, Twitter and Google

shall compose the regulatory board.

The Regulatory Board shall choose its official home base, and organize a

staffing protocol to . id and carry out its fuictions.

SECTION 3. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE REGULATORY

BOARD:

1. Remind employees to famitiarize themselves with the
employment agreement and policies included in the employee
handbook;

2. State that the policy applies to multi-media, social networking
websites, blogs and wikis for both professional and personal use;

3. Internet postings should not disclose any information that is
confidential or proprietary to the company or to any third party that
has disclosed information to the company;

4. If an employee comments on any aspect of the company's
business they must clearly identify themselves as an employee and
include a disclaimer;

5. The disclaimer should be something like "the views expressed
are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of (your
companies name);


6. Internet postings should not include company logos or
trademarks unless permission is asked for and granted;

7. Internet postings must respect copyright, privacy, fair use,
financial disclosure, and other applicable laws;

8. Employees should neither claim nor imply that they are
speaking on the company's behalf;

9. Corporate blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, etc., shall
require approval when the employee is posting about the company
and the industry; and

10. That the company reserves the right to request the certain
subjects are avoided, withdraw certain posts, and remove
inappropriate comments.

SECTION 4. PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES:

List of social media policies that shall be created:

Employee Code of Conduct for Online Communications
Employee Code of Conduct for Company Representation in Online
Communications
Employee Blogging Disclosure Policy
Employee Facebook Usage Policy

* Employee Personal Blog Policy
Employee Personal Social Network Policy
Employee Personal Twitter Policy
Employee Linkedin Policy
Corporate Blogging Policy
Corporate Blog Use Policy
Corporate Blog Post Approval Process
Corporate Blog Commenting Policy


Corporate Facebook Brand Page Usage Policy
Corporate Facebook Public Comment/Messaging Policy
Corporate Twitter Account Policy

Corporate YouTube Policy

Corporate YouTube Public Comment Policy

Company Passwoid Policy

SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION -

The amount determined by the SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATORY BOARD for
the implementation of this Act shall be charged under the existing General
Appropriations Act.

Thereafter such amounts necessary for the successive and continuous
implementation of this Act, including the operational, organizational and
developmental funding shall be automatically appropriated in the General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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,