MEDIA INFORMATION

LITERACY
PRESENTATION:
GROUP II
ISSUES in MEDIA
•Cybercrime
•Fake News
•Plagiarism
•Scamming
•Spamming
 Cybercrime
LAW PREVENTION
The Cybercrime 1. Use a full-service internet security
suite.
Prevention Act of 2012,
officially recorded as 2. Use strong passwords.
Republic Act No. 10175 3. Manage your social media
settings.
-It aims to address legal
issues concerning 4. Talk to your children about the
internet.
online interactions and
the Internet in the 5. Keep up to date on major security
breaches.
Philippines
 Cybercrime
Grounds Penalty
• Illegal access •Cybersex-200k-
• Illegal interception 1M
• Data interference
•Unsolicited
• System interference commercial
• Misuse of device communications-50k-
250k
 Fake News
LAW PREVENTION
1. Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate!
RA 10951 Anti This doesn’t just apply to news.

Fake News Law 2. Google it!

in the Philippines 3. Get news from News sources in

the first place.
4. Tell facts from opinion.
5. Watch out red flags.
 Fake News
Grounds Penalty
• Offering or sedition false
information • Penalty up to ₱20
• Publishing false
information
million and 20 years
• Distributing false imprisonment
information depending on the
• Circulating false
information grounds you have been
• Spreading false violated
information
 Plagiarism
LAW PREVENTION
The Cybercrime 1. Paraphrase
Prevention Act of 2. Cite
2012, officially 3. Quoting
recorded as 4. Referencing
Republic Act No.
5. Citing your own material
10175
 Plagiarism
Grounds Penalty
•Spamming 3-6 years
•Identity theft and a fine of
50k to 150k
•Libel
 Scamming
LAW
The Consumer Act of the
Philippines
Any form of dishonesty by a
seller before, during, and after a
sale is punishable under
Republic Act 7394, or the
Consumer Act of the Philippines.
This would mean that you could
be fined or could even go to jail
if you convince a buyer to enter
into a sale through acts of
concealment, false
representation, or fraudulent
manipulation.
PREVENTION
1. Do online searches.
2. Talk to someone.
3. Whenever possible, work
with local businesses.
4. You might want to check the
contact details of the site you
are shopping on.
5. Fake e-commerce sites
promote offers that are just
too good to be true.
 Scamming
• Grounds • Penalty

• P500 To P50,000
 Spamming
LAW PREVENTION
The Controlling the 1. Avoid opening spam emails
and clicking links in spam
Assault of Non-Solicited messages.
Pornography And
2. Don’t buy anything from
Marketing (CAN-SPAM) spammer.
Act of 2003
3. Don’t be tempted to reply.
4. Don’t threaten the spammer.
5. Avoid ‘unsubscribe’ options.
 Spamming
Grounds Penalty
• Sending or emailing
unsolicited message • For each and every violation
• Advertising messages of the act, a
repeatedly on the same business or person
site engaging in commercial
• Sending messages emails can be fined up to
repeatedly on the same $580,000.
site