reposting from my own Twitter thread
first tweeted on 11:25 AM, 02 March 2022 (Philippine Time)
Man, I don't know how I expect myself to concentrate in class today when the SIM Card and Social Media Registration Act is about to be passed into law on *Friday.* That bill is going to nullify our right to privacy and endanger our cyber safety.
It's going to make us more prone to hacking/doxxing and, on top of that, makes red-tagging easier.
I don't know how I'm supposed to go on about my day when there is a whole bill that is going to endanger us all.
Sure, a lawyer may say that context is important when discerning whether the law was broken or not, but the bill's definitions were so vaguely written that discernment isn't enough. It shouldn't be, when the bill was supposed to definitively define and expound what it was supposed to be related to and what is permitted or not in the first place.
People may say that it was supposed to be a counteraction to trolls and spreaders of misinformation, but what I'm reading is a weapon against those who are against... certain people in government.
It's a weapon against
activists
journalists
artists
and even common, harmless civilians.
Any- and everyone is at risk of being attacked, whether on the cyberspace or in real life. Who knows?
I'm at risk, even if I say nothing about politics online.
You're at risk, even if you don't use social media often.
EVERYONE is at risk, no matter the frequency of our social media usage.
At this rate, the safest way out of this is to not own any social media, but not having any social media contacts in this modern age? That can't be, not when having at least ONE is A NECESSITY.
I know my voice may not even matter in the end,
but I have to try.
I have a right to privacy and safety on the internet.
Read the statement urging for the current Philippine President to veto the Act.
Sign the petition. (locals only ; for foreigners, please share)
'Mandatory SIM card registration puts privacy at risk, might not curb crime' — Angela Y. Yang, Philstar.com
We are Filipino citizens who reserve the right to privacy and safety on the internet as well as the right to freedom of speech. It is in the 1987 Constitution, under Article III, Sections 3.1 (though conditional, it seems) and 4.
Above is a screenshot of Microsoft Edge from my laptop. The tab is showing a webpage from the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. The text shown is from Article III, the Bill of Rights, but the highlighted ones are Sections 3 (1) and 4. They read, "SECTION 3. (1) The privacy of communication and correspondence shall be inviolable except upon lawful order of the court, or when public safety or order requires otherwise as prescribed by law," and "SECTION 4. No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances," respectively.
The social media provision must be challenged first.
We cannot let this law endanger us to predators on the internet.
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