With the case filed against Maria Ressa, the DOJ said online publishers can be sued within 12 years of publication – a cause of alarm for anybody who publishes content online. DefendPressFreedom HoldTheLine CourageON
Still, the law that came out of the Supreme Court decision did not specify a prescription period for cyber libel.
The next issue that had to be resolved was – even assuming that the story was re-published in February 2014, the RPC still says you can’t sue for libel after one year, or after February 2015.The DOJ said that because the cybercrime law is a special law, it falls under“Under RA No. 3326, which governs the prescription of offences punished by special laws, such as
Disini said no. According to him, cyber libel’s prescriptive period should still be based on the RPC, which is one year.but is one already punished under Article 353 .”
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