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(Eagle News)–“The right to free speech and freedom of the press cannot and should not be used as a shield against accountability.” This is according to the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46, which handed down a guilty verdict for cyber libel against Rappler’s Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. The cyber libel complaint was in connection with a story on businessman Wilfredo Keng published by the media organization in 2012 and republished […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has found Rappler’s Maria Ressa guilty of cyberlibel in connection with a story Rappler published in 2012 and republished in 2014. Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa handed down the guilty verdict also against Rappler’s former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. The cyber libel complaint stems from the story linking businessman Wilfredo Keng to human trafficking and drug smuggling, citing what Rappler said was an intelligence report. The story also alleged Keng was the owner […]
(Eagle News) — The former Rappler reporter who, along with the online news outfit’s executive editor Maria Ressa, faces a cyber libel complaint over a 2012 article published on the news site, posted bail on Friday, Feb. 15. Reynaldo Santos. Jr. voluntarily surrendered and posted a P100,000 bail before the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46. The cyber libel charges against Santos, Ressa and Rappler Inc. were filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng, who was described […]
No cyber libel committed in 2012 article, Ressa and Santos claim (Eagle News) — Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa and former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. on Thursday said that the complaints for cyber libel against them in connection with a Rappler article published in 2012 should be dismissed. In both their counter-affidavits submitted to the National Bureau of Investigation, Ressa and Santos alleged this was because Article 90 of the Revised Penal Code […]
