Maria Ressa’s arrest in February 2019 is perceived to test the young cybercrime law, which underwent intense scrutiny even after its enactment. A leading cyber lawyer says the case will have implications on other online publications. DefendPressFreedom
DETAINED. Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa is detained overnight at the NBI Cybercrime Division office after her arrest on February 13, 2019. Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler
The article in question – a story that links the late former Chief Justice Renato Corona to the businessmanUnder the RPC, the complaint should have been filed before May 2013. It was only filed in October 2017. “Even assuming that this was republished in 2014, the time to file the libel case would have expired in 2015, and it was filed in 2017, way beyond the period set by law,” Disini said.
However, the DOJ said that “under the multiple publication rule…we hold that the republication of the article as may have been modified or revised is a distinct and separate offense for which the author should be prosecuted.”
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