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    This bill aims to regulate social media use in the Philippines. It proposes mandating social media companies to verify user identities before allowing account creation to prevent identity theft. It also penalizes creating accounts under false identities or failing to comply with identity verification. The bill aims to protect public interest by regulating information flow on social media and enhancing technology use for national benefit. It is currently pending in the Committee on Public Information.

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    This bill aims to regulate social media use in the Philippines. It proposes mandating social media companies to verify user identities before allowing account creation to prevent identity theft. It also penalizes creating accounts under false identities or failing to comply with identity verification. The bill aims to protect public interest by regulating information flow on social media and enhancing technology use for national benefit. It is currently pending in the Committee on Public Information.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Constitution Hills, Quezon City

    SEVENTEETH CONGRESS
    First Regular Session

    HOUSE BILL NO. 5021

    Introduced by Representative Pantaleon D. Alvarez

    EXPLANATORY NOTE

    Information Technology, needless to emphasize, has made life, living


    life and doing life facile and convenient. The explosion of online activity in
    recent years has led to several pitfalls that need to be addressed, one of which
    is the abuse and misuse of social media which should be curtailed.
    The internet and social media are firm fixtures in the daily lives of
    billions of people around the world. Social media as a new medium of
    communication is one of the newest trends in information technology. People
    can instantly connect and have correspondence with one another by just the
    use of their cellphones, laptops or tablets through these social media sites.
    However, for every benefit social media may bring lies the danger of
    some who take social media as a means to take advantage of another. In
    many occasions, users open fake accounts by presenting themselves to the
    online world as persons whom they are not. This is a classic case of identity
    theft that is detrimental to society.
    This proposed bill seeks to afford a remedial measure on the foregoing
    matters and will regulate these social media mediums by mandating the social
    media companies (Facebook, twitter, Instagram, etc.) to reasonably verify the
    identity of user applicants before they are allowed to open an account.
    Penalties are also provided for failure to comply with this verification
    requirement. Likewise, those who steal someone elses identity shall also be
    penalized.
    Hence, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

    Sgd. Pantaleon D. Alvarez


    Republic of the Philippines
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Constitution Hills, Quezon City

    SEVENTEETH CONGRESS
    First Regular Session

    HOUSE BILL NO. 5021

    Introduced by Representative PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ

    AN ACT
    REGULATING THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, PRESCRIBING
    PENALTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines


    in Congress assembled:

    SECTION 1. Short Title.-This Act shall be known as the Social


    Media Regulation Act of 2017.

    SEC.2. Declaration of Policy.- It is the policy of the State to protect


    and uphold public interest and to regulate the flow of true and fair
    information between different sources in order to enhance information and
    communications technology for national benefit.

    SEC.3.Definition of Terms.- As used in this Act:


    3.1 Information and Communications Technology refers to the
    totality of electronic means to collect, process, and present information
    to end-users in support of their activities. It consists, among others, of
    computer systems, office systems and consumer electronics, as well as
    networked information structure, the components of which include the
    telephone system, the internet, fax machines and computers;
    3.2 Social Media refers to as many electronic medium that allows
    interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange
    information and ideas, including, but not limited to, uploading or
    downloading videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts,
    instant messages, electronic mail or internet website profiles or
    locations.
    3.3 Social Media Network refers to social media venues such as
    Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, as well as sites like Pinterest and
    Instagram and the likes. E-mail accounts created through Yahoo!,
    Google, and other Internet sites shall be included in the definition.

    SEC.4. Responsibility of Social Media Users. Every person who will


    communicate, exchange, deliver, blog, or share information through social
    media must observe a responsible and fair exercise of his right to free
    expression and opinion. He is, however, prohibited from opening an account
    for his online presence using someone elses identity and presenting himself
    to the online world as that person whom he is not.

    SEC.5. Responsibility of Social Media Networks. Social Media


    Networks are responsible for ascertaining the veracity of the identity of a
    social media user. Applicants for social media accounts shall be subjected by
    the Social Media Networks to effective identity verification in order to
    ascertain the authenticity of an account. The applications of those found out
    as presenting himself as another person whom he is not shall be denied.
    Further, the user accounts of other persons the authenticity of which are
    subsequently discovered as compromised shall be shutdown.

    SEC.6. Penalties.- Any person who intentionally and maliciously


    commits any act in violation of Sec.4. and Sec.5 of this Act shall be punished
    with imprisonment of not less than six (6) years and one (1) day up to twelve
    (12) years and a fine ranging from thirty thousand pesos (P30,000.00) to fifty
    thousand pesos (P50,000.00).
    Any person who owns or has control over artificial intelligence
    programs or similar programs that create social media user accounts that
    result into acts in violation of Section 4 and/or 5 hereof shall be liable under
    this Section.

    SEC.8. Separability Clause.- If any provision of this Act is declared


    unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of other
    provisions thereof.

    SEC.9. Repealing Clause.- All laws, decrees, orders and issuances or


    portions thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of the Act are
    hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

    SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
    days following its publication in at least two (2) national newpapers of
    general circulation.

    Approved,
    HOUSE BILL 5021 AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF SOCIAL
    MEDIA, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
    Principal Author/s: ALVAREZ, PANTALEON D.
    Main Referral: PUBLIC INFORMATION
    Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION since
    2017-02-20
    Source: http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/

    House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05021


    FULL TITLE : AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA,
    PRESCRIBING PENALTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
    PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ALVAREZ, PANTALEON D.
    DATE FILED : 2017-02-13
    SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
    ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
    REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON
    2017-02-20

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