THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) warned vloggers that the right to freedom of expression is not absolute, thus they may be held liable for issuing remarks that potentially incite sedition.
“Gusto ko paalalahanan ang ating mga mamamayan, lalo na ‘yung mga vloggers, na ang ating mga right sa freedom of expression ay hindi po absolute, mayroon pong ano ‘yan limitation,” NBI Director Jaime Santiago said in a radio interview.
“Like, for example, ay nag-i-incite ka na ng sedition or masyado nang paninira ‘yung ginagawa mo, wala ka namang basis, eh, puwe-puwede natin ‘yang anuhan, imbestigahan at maaari silang makasuhan,” he added.
Likewise, the NBI said that they already said that they had received on Wednesday a letter coming from Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers, that called for an investigation on agencies saying that they should not be passive and act on cybercrimes even before complaints are lodged.
“I am filing my complaint here now and I hope you are listening. We have been targets of these possibly POGO and drug-money sponsored trolls and vloggers,” Barbers had said.
However Santiago did not disclose details with regards to the contents of Barbers’ letter.
Santiago noted that government officials who are being cursed and defamed by vloggers may file a cyber libel complaint.
“Sakop ‘yan ng ano eh, ng Cybercrime natin,” he said.
