With the progress of information processing in the country is the alarming number of fake news circulating online and offline. Many do phising of websites particularly news organizations and fabricating false information using blogs. The government has been doing its best to mitigate the bad effects of hoaxes happening in the virtual world. Now, our statesmen have the solution as Republic Act No. 10951 is signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte.
The said republic otherwise known as "An Act Adjusting the Amount or the Value of Property and Damage on Which a Penalty is Based, and Fines Imposed Under the Revised Penal Code" imposes higher amount of penalties on people who spread baseless and destructive news.
Persons who will be proven guilty on producing fake news should fine Php 40,000 to Php 200,000. Other crimes that have adjusted penalties are treason and swindling. This newly signed act will be effective fifteen days after it is published in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
Source: New Law updates Penal Code; hikes fines for treason, false news by Trisha Macas. Published on gmanetwork.com
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This is a great step to stop the proliferation of false news that really put netizens into chaos. Many are victimized of information that are just made with no ethics. Hopefully, this will make people to be cautious in concocting and sharing information. (Clap clap)
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