Defining the terms

DATA F ROM THE RE VISED PENAL COD E OF THE PHILIPPINES, ACT NO. 3815, S. 1930, AND REPUBLIC

Defamation

A general term of publication of anything which is harmful to the good name or reputation of another or tends to bring him into disrepute.

Libel

Defamation committed by means of writing, printing, radio, or similar means. A libel is a public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to blacken the memory of one who is dead.

Slander

Slander or oral defamation is definced as speaking of base or defamatory words with an intention to prejudice another person in his or her reputation. Slander by deed, on the other hand, is an act committed that tends to dicredit or dishonor another individual.

Cyber Libel

Libel “committed through a computer system or any other similar means that may be devised in the future”. This type of libel penalizes one degree higher than ordinary libel.

Regions with the most cyber libel cases from 2012-2022

Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Cybercrime (OOC) acquired data appears that almost four thousand cases have been filed since RA 10175 was ratified into law back in September 2012.

DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) UPDATED AS OF NOVEMBER 2022

703 NATIONALCAPITAL REGION(NCR)

483 REGIONVII (CENTRALVISAYAS)

399 REGIONVI (WESTERNVISAYAS)

367 REGIONI (ILOCOSREGION)

413 REGIONIV-A (CALABARZON)

TOTALNUMBEROF CYBERLIBELCASES INTHECOUNTRY

3,809