Philippines: Act Criminalising the Creation and Dissemination of Fake News for the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation (SB No. 1590)
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
12 May 2022 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Philippines
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Introduced Act Criminalising the Creation and Dissemination of Fake News for the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation (SB No. 1590)
On 12 May 2022, the Act Criminalising the Creation and Dissemination of Fake News for the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation (SB No. 1590) was introduced in the Senate of the Philippines. The Act would amend the Cybercrime Prevention…
Event type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament