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Tested The 8-Year-Old Philippine Cybercrime Law: Rappler Case

The Manila Regional Trial Court convicted Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos of cyber libel charges related to a story published on Rappler in 2012. The court ordered Ressa and Santos to each pay 400,000 pesos in damages and sentenced them to a minimum of 6 months and 1 day to a maximum of 6 years in jail, though they will not have to serve time while they appeal the conviction. Rappler itself was not found liable in the case.

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Tested The 8-Year-Old Philippine Cybercrime Law: Rappler Case

The Manila Regional Trial Court convicted Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos of cyber libel charges related to a story published on Rappler in 2012. The court ordered Ressa and Santos to each pay 400,000 pesos in damages and sentenced them to a minimum of 6 months and 1 day to a maximum of 6 years in jail, though they will not have to serve time while they appeal the conviction. Rappler itself was not found liable in the case.

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RAPPLER CASE

MANILA, Philippines (4th UPDATE) – Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch
46 convicted Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler
researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr over cyber libel charges in a high-profile
verdict handed down Monday, June 15. Rappler as a company was declared to
have no liability.

The court allowed bail under the same bond. They have each been ordered to
pay P200,000 in moral damages and another P200,000 in exemplary damages.
Once the conviction becomes final, they will each have to pay P400,000 in
damages.

Judge Rainelda Estacio Montesa ruled that only Ressa and Santos are guilty of
cyber libel charges. Rappler Inc was initially charged in the suit. The court
sentenced Ressa and Santos to a minimum of 6 months and 1 day to a
maximum of 6 years in jail over charges filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng in a
case that tested the 8-year-old Philippine cybercrime law.

Ressa and Santos won't have to go to jail because the conviction is appealable
all the way to the Supreme Court. Ressa and Santos are entitled to post-
conviction bail while they exhaust legal remedies in higher courts.

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