Below is an update on the Filipino editor community's discussions about the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10175). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paolo B. <titopao(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Yet Another Cybercrime Law (Philippines) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Wikimedia Phillippines mailing list <wikimedia-ph(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello Benjamin, As far as Wikipedia is concerned, some members of the Filipino editors' community (myself included) are trying to gather a consensus before requesting for a blackout of the English Wikipedia for the Philippines (that is, a 24-hour blackout that will only take effect here and not including other countries). We might probably include other local Philippine-language Wikipedias as well, but that's still under discussion, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:TAMBAY#Proposed_blackout I have only been able to participate in soliciting the input of other Pinoy WIkipedians (through messages in their Talk pages) just now, as I was away from my desktop computers recently. So I'm not sure how many other Filipino Wikipedians are yet to hear of our proposal. (This proposal, by the way, is an initiative of the local editing community and is not an official action of the local chapter, Wikimedia Philippines.) Outside Wikipedia, however, the rage against the bill is pretty s trong. A lot of Filipinos have changes their Facebook and Twitter profile pictures into a solid black square. Even a news website (http://www.interaksyon.com/) changed its layout to a black background. There was a protest movement yesterday at the Supreme Court, in support of the seven (7) petitions asking for a temporary restraining order (TRO) of Republic Act 10175; however, no TRO was issued yesterday as a number of judges were absent because of official duties. Suffice it to say that, yes, there is a significant opposition to the Cybercrime Law (specifically on the provisions on libel), and for sure it will be in the news in the days to come.... Paolo Barazon Trustee, Wikimedia Philippines (speaking on a personal capacity, not on behalf of Wikimedia Philippines) On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Benjamin Lees <emufarmers(a)gmail.com> wrote: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/09/philippines-new-cybercrime-prevention… _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Stephen LaPorte Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors