Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom

Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom
  • An Act Establishing a Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom, Cybercrime Prevention and Law Enforcement, Cyberdefense and National Cybersecurity
Bill citationSenate Bill No. 53, Senate Bill No. 1091, House Bill No. 1086
Introduced bySenator Miriam Defensor Santiago, Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV, Representative Kimi Cojuangco

The Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom (abbreviated as MCPIF, or #MCPIF for online usage) is an internet law bill filed in the Congress of the Philippines. The bill contains provisions promoting civil and political rights and Constitutional guarantees for Philippine internet users, such as freedom of expression, as well as provisions on information and communications technology (ICT) policy, ICT4D, internet governance, e-governance, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, and cybercrime.

The Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom was proposed as an alternative[1] to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 whose enactment was met with mixed reactions.[2] Proponents of the bill claim that the #MCPIF is the first crowdsourced bill in the Philippines.[1]

The bill did not pass when 16th Congress went on sine die May 24, 2016. Harry Roque filed the bill as House Bill No. 0666 during the 17th Congress.[3] The bill also did not pass when the 17th Congress went on sine die on May 27, 2019. No legislator had filed the same on the 18th Congress.

  1. ^ a b VERA Files (January 21, 2013). "The Wisdom of Crowds: Crowdsourcing Net Freedom". Yahoo News Philippines. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012#Reaction
  3. ^ "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MAGNA CARTA FOR PHILIPPINE INTERNET FREEDOM, CYBERCRIME PREVENTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CYBERDEFENSE AND NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY" (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved February 4, 2022.