Protection against Personal Intrusion Act 4807
PALER, Kyla Nicole O.
3CA3
The House Bill 4807 otherwise known as the Protection Against Personal Intrusion Act. The bill’s avowed aim, to “curb acts of trespassing and other intrusions on personal privacy committed by any person in order to capture visual or sound impressions of an individual, with intent to gain or profit,” is overly broad as are the provisions that list the ways by which violations may be committed. While this is good news for people with paparazzi problems, it 's a big, questionable burden for journalists who want the mass media reports to be fair and transparent. Imagine if we didn 't know our local congressman was actually spending PDAF money on your nearby casino. Imagine the life our elders had during Martial Law when press releases were controlled by the government. This proposed law is no different from the earlier controversial Online Libel Law. On the other hand, this is very bad news to the paparazzi and to the people who love street photography. That’s why a group of photographers already rallied against House Bill 4807. No text of HB 4807 has been uploaded, so it is very difficult to truly gauge its impact. But I must admit that in its current form, the proposed legislation can encroach on the rights of emerging sectors such as blogging and online social media, especially citizen journalism. Would-be criminals caught on tapes (or films) can use this bill to declare photographic/videographic evidences as illegally acquired if taken in private premises. They should simply amend another similar law just to protect people from paparazzi, or, celebrities themselves can just hire good security personnel, right? What sort of 'privacy ' is this law gonna hide? Under-the-table meetings with kickbacks involved? Filthy-rich houses and lifestyles of celebrities and politicians? Starving and abused poor people in the streets and slum areas? I 'm sorry, but that 's just kind of rude with freedom of speech. "There are restrictions" don
3CA3
The House Bill 4807 otherwise known as the Protection Against Personal Intrusion Act. The bill’s avowed aim, to “curb acts of trespassing and other intrusions on personal privacy committed by any person in order to capture visual or sound impressions of an individual, with intent to gain or profit,” is overly broad as are the provisions that list the ways by which violations may be committed. While this is good news for people with paparazzi problems, it 's a big, questionable burden for journalists who want the mass media reports to be fair and transparent. Imagine if we didn 't know our local congressman was actually spending PDAF money on your nearby casino. Imagine the life our elders had during Martial Law when press releases were controlled by the government. This proposed law is no different from the earlier controversial Online Libel Law. On the other hand, this is very bad news to the paparazzi and to the people who love street photography. That’s why a group of photographers already rallied against House Bill 4807. No text of HB 4807 has been uploaded, so it is very difficult to truly gauge its impact. But I must admit that in its current form, the proposed legislation can encroach on the rights of emerging sectors such as blogging and online social media, especially citizen journalism. Would-be criminals caught on tapes (or films) can use this bill to declare photographic/videographic evidences as illegally acquired if taken in private premises. They should simply amend another similar law just to protect people from paparazzi, or, celebrities themselves can just hire good security personnel, right? What sort of 'privacy ' is this law gonna hide? Under-the-table meetings with kickbacks involved? Filthy-rich houses and lifestyles of celebrities and politicians? Starving and abused poor people in the streets and slum areas? I 'm sorry, but that 's just kind of rude with freedom of speech. "There are restrictions" don
References: http://technology.inquirer.net/38620/anti-selfie-bill-fails-to-click-in-house-is-sent-back-to-committee http://bloggersthread.blogspot.com/2014/09/house-bill-4807-anti-selfie-bill-or-not.html http://kazaki03.blogspot.com/2014/08/anti-selfie-bill-in-philippines-wait.html