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Glassify cyber-destabilization a terror act
Mindanao lewmaker is bat-
ting for the inclusion of
"cyber-destabilization' as a
form of terrorism under the
Human Security Act of2007.
'Puwersa ng Bayaning AUeta (PBA)
Party-List Rep. Jericho Nograles said
tuesday that cyber-destabilization is
I non:bailable offense that carries the
naximum penalty prdvided under the
Revised Penal Code (RPC).
Nograles, son of former House
Jtr)eaker and Davao congressman
Prospero Nograles, saial the Human
Securiff Act should keep up with the
changing times and therefore undergo
review.
He said terrorism ls no longerjust
about the use of violence to instill
fear among the people because the
Internet has become
to
a convenient tool
fighten, confuse and spread false
information.
"We will studi revising the Hu-
man Security Act of 2007. I believe
that cyber-destabilization i$ an act of
terrorism. The State must protect its
people from threats, foreign or do-
mestic," said Nograles, whir currently
- Nograles
President Duterte, and that the people in our laws so our Government can
serves as caretaker solon ofSulu and behind this are using the Internet to protect the State and its people," he
Davad City (1st districtJ. stir public unrest ind unseat the Chief said.
Heprgued that the spreading lies Executive. "Unless we ddfine and Punish the
to wed€n the government and spread "Whether the destabilization:plot crime, the Internet will remain as
fear among the people via the Internet is true or not, the fact remains that poten[ tool for coup plotters and de-
is just as scary as bombing a mall or cyber-terrorism should be defined . .stabilizers." concluded Nograles.
a public plaza.
"There mightbe a need to toughen t p4ge _ /o/
our law against cyber-de stabilization
or cJber-terrorism," the lawmaker
noted.
Nograles made this statement in
the light of Malacanang's revelation
that there is a serious plot of oust