Online libel continues to be the most-reported cybercrime in the Philippines, as per the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Cybercrime Investigation and ...

LOS ANGELES — Filipinos who libel others on Facebook, Twitter or elsewhere online could be jailed for up to 12 years under a law that went into effect last week in the Philippines. The new law against ...

Learn how libel in writing or broadcast differs from slander. Discover legal definitions, proof requirements, and protections ...

In a surprising turn of events, the cyberspace world of new media – where defamatory statements about public figures run amok on blogs and in comments sections – is helping reduce libel cases against ...

A decision in July by the Minnesota Supreme Court could influence libel cases involving chat rooms, newsgroups, and e-mail discussion lists. The court ruled that an Alabama scholar could not collect ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law an act extending libel retraction and damages provisions to print and online publications. Assembly Bill 998 replaces the term “newspaper” with “daily or ...

As petitions piled up at the Supreme Court, Sen. Loren Legarda opened a new front in the battle against the anti-cybercrime law by filing a bill decriminalizing libel. "Consistent with the ...

An Illinois politician's attempt to unmask the identity of an e-mail poster who allegedly made disparaging remarks about her teenage son in an online forum is stirring a debate about free speech ...

MINNEAPOLIS - One Facebook user, angry over a dispute with a neighbor, ridicules her online as a thief and a liar. On Twitter, someone accuses a murder suspect of being a killer. A blogger discloses ...