Wednesday, October 3, 2012

How ‘liking' a Facebook post in the Philippines could get you tossed in jail

How ‘liking' a Facebook post in the Philippines could get you tossed in jail

. Complain about American Internet legislation like SOPA all you want, but realize that things could always be much worse. Case in point: The Philippines, which CBS News reports has passed a restrictive new set of laws that could let the government sentence people to 12 years in prison simply for “liking” a Facebook (FB) post that has been deemed “libelous.”.
The issue, according to Philippine lawmaker Sen.

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