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People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (R-MNL-19-01141-CR), also known as the Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, is a high-profile criminal case in the Philippines, lodged against Maria Ressa, co-owner and CEO of Rappler Inc.. [2] Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by a Manila Regional Trial Court on June 15, 2020. [3] [4]: 36
Another example of libel is the case of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964). The Supreme Court of the United States overruled a state court in Alabama that had found The New York Times guilty of libel for printing an advertisement that criticised Alabama officials for mistreating student civil rights activists.
The Philippine Supreme Court (SC) yesterday affirmed the libel conviction of columnist Raffy Tulfo in connection to a 2003 piece on the tabloid Abante Tonite where he insinuated that a businessman ...
An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of ...
Libel and online libel are criminal offenses in the Philippines. [20] [21] Penalties for online libel include imprisonment for a maximum of 12 years and a fine of a maximum of ₱1,000,000. [22] Since the American colonial period in the Philippines, libel laws have been used to stifle dissent.
On May 6, 2022, Robredo's spokesperson Atty. Barry Gutierrez filed a cyber libel complaint before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office, against six Journal Group staff over an April 21 Journal News Online (the paper's news website) article, which also appeared on People's Journal and People's Tonight, claiming Communist Party of the Philippines ...
United States as an example. [18]: @34:00 Among Leonen's notable dissents is his argument in Disini v. Secretary of Justice that criminal libel and cyberlibel are unconstitutional vestiges of American and Spanish colonialism. [19] He is also noted for his dissent in Republic v. Sereno, calling the majority's decision a "legal abomination."
Media organizations and legal institutions though have criticized the Act for extending the definition of libel as defined in the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, which has been criticized by international organizations as being outdated: [13] the United Nations for one has remarked that the current definition of libel as defined in the ...