ICYMI: According to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, if the said bill was approved — along with the provision of registering social media accounts — the privacy of citizens may be undermined and cause a chilling effect on both consumer and social media users.
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, meanwhile, likened the government to the Big Brother — a reality show syndicated worldwide where all the activities of participants are monitored — if the bill was actually passed.
“Abala pa ito sa mga konsyumer dahil magkakaroon pa ng dagdag na proseso upang makagamit ng SIM Card, at tiyak na mahihirapan ang National Telecommunications Commission na pangunahan ang bugso ng mga irerehistro na SIM Card sa kanilang mga pasilidad,” he added. He also mentioned the distributed denial of service attacks against websites of activists and mainstream media outlets, saying that these things cannot be solved by registering SIM cards and social media accounts.“In the issue of the proliferation of anonymous troll accounts, this must be addressed first by government dismantling its own troll machinery used against legitimate dissent by the people.
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