Senator Jinggoy Estrada Illegalize Spreading Gossips and Fake news
JINGGOY ESTRADA- The Senate member of the Philippines propose a bill to criminalize the spreading of gossips and fake news.
Estrada introduced Senate Bill 1296 to alter Sections 3 and 4 of Republic Act 10175, often known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act, in an effort to “put a halt to the proliferation of deception and misinformation on the internet.”
Based on the report of GMA News, by using a computer system or another similar tool, SB 1296 aims to add fake news creation and distribution to the list of crimes that are punishable by law.
Additionally, it seeks to change Section 3 to define fake news as “misinformation and disinformation of tales, facts, and news presented as a fact, the reality of which cannot be validated, with a view to distorting the truth and misleading its audience.”
The report mentioned that, the Senate’s committees on public information and mass media, as well as on justice and human rights, have been given the measure.
Meanwhile, fake news is defined as “news items that are deliberately and indubitably untrue” in order to deceive readers about actual facts, events, and assertions. It concerns news that is promoted but that the promoter knows to be false because it is based on demonstrably wrong facts, unverifiably false assertions, or untrue statements or occurrences.
False material that looks like news media content but lacks the standards and procedures used by the news media to verify its accuracy and reliability is known as fake news. It shares similarities with disinformation and misinformation (false or misleading information) (false information purposely spread to mislead people).
When you encounter news that are not detailed and does not have any reliable source, it may be consider as a fake news.
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