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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

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18TH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2143

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.

JUL 15 2088)


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 passgg@f this bill is earnestly requested.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

18TH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no 2143

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 (P500,000.00) and
imprisonment of not less than Ten (10) years


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,