Philippines: Act Penalising all Forms of Fake/False News, and for other Purposes (HB No. 862)
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
01 Jul 2022 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Philippines
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services
platform intermediary: user-generated content
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Introduced Act Penalising all Forms of Fake/False News, and for other Purposes (HB No. 862)
On 1 July 2022, an Act Penalising all Forms of Fake/False News and for other Purposes (HB No. 862) was introduced to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The Act would penalise all forms of fake or false news and propose stringent penalt…
Event type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament