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44
Borjal v. Court of Appeals, supra note 38, citing United States v. Bustos, 37 Phil. 731 (1918).
45
Supra note 41, at 403.
46
Supra note 29, Article 354.
47
Communication 1815/2008.
48
General Comment 34, ICCPR, par. 47.
49
ICCPR, Article 19(2) and (3).
50
Sandals Resorts Int’l. Ltd. v. Google, Inc., 86 A.D.3d 32 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2011).
51
Office of the Solicitor General, MEMORANDUM, pp. 6970.
52
REPUBLIC ACT 3701, Section 1.
53
REPUBLIC ACT 4712, Section 5.
54
LABOR CODE, Article 264.
55
G.R. No. 203440 (Sta. Maria), PETITION, p. 2.
56
http://www.statisticbrain.com/socialnetworkingstatistics/ (last accessed January 14, 2013).
57
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service (last accessed January 14, 2013).
58
http://www.statisticbrain.com/socialnetworkingstatistics/ (last accessed January 14, 2013).
59
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook (last accessed January 14, 2013).
60
G. R . No. 203378 (Adonis) and G.R. No. 203391 (Palatino), CONSOLIDATED MEMORANDUM, p. 34.
61
521 U.S. 844 (1997).
62
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965).
63
G.R. No. 203378 (Adonis), First AMENDED PETITION, pp. 3536.
64
Supra note 55, at 33.
65
576 Phil. 357 (2008).
66
Id.
67
Id.
68
A contention found in Bruce Byars, Timothy O’Keefe, and Thomas Clement "Google, Inc.: Procurer,
Possessor, Distributor, Aider and Abettor in Child Pornography,"
http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/archivespring08/byars.pdf (last accessed May 25, 2013).
69
Id., citing 47 U.S.C. 230.
70
Bianca Bosker, Facebook To Share Users' Home Addresses, Phone Numbers With External Sites,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/28/facebookhomeaddressesphonenumbers_n_829459.html (last
accessed July 18, 2013).
71
G.R. No. 203440 (Sta Maria), MEMORANDUM, p. 14, citing Luis B. Reyes, The Revised Penal Code: Book
1, 118 (17th ed. 2008).
72
Shiresee Bell, Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted USC Website Hacking, Email Accounts, http://columbia
sc.patch.com/groups/policeandfire/p/manpleadedguiltytohackinguscwebsiteemailaccounts
(last
accessed July 18, 2013); Peter Ryan, Hackers target Bureau of Statistics data,
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73
Supra note 34, at 32.
74
Supra note 51, at 49, citing People v. Doriquez, 133 Phil. 295 (1968).
75
Office of the Solicitor General, MEMORANDUM, p. 49.
76
Section 21, Article III, 1987 CONSTITUTION: "No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment for
the same offense. If an act is punished by a law and an ordinance, conviction or acquittal under either shall
constitute a bar to another prosecution for the same act."
77
Baylosis v. Hon. Chavez, Jr., 279 Phil. 448 (1991).
78
People v. Dela Cruz, G.R. No. 100386, December 11, 1992, 216 SCRA 476, citing People v. Millora, 252
Phil. 105 (1989).
79
Supra note 14, at 436437.
80
Ople v. Torres, 354 Phil. 948, 974975 (1998).
81
In the Matter of the Petition for Habeas Corpus of Capt. Alejano v. Gen. Cabuay, 505 Phil. 298, 322 (2005);
Gamboa v. Chan, G.R. No. 193636, July 24, 2012, 677 SCRA 385.
82
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State recognizes the vital role of information and�� communications
industries such as content production, telecommunications, broadcasting electronic commerce, and data
processing, in the nation’s overall social and economic development. The State also recognizes the
importance of providing an environment conducive to the development, acceleration, and rational application
and exploitation of information and communications technology (ICT) to attain free, easy, and intelligible
access to exchange and/or delivery of information; and the need to protect and safeguard the integrity of
computer, computer and communications systems, networks, and databases, and the confidentiality, integrity,
and availability of information and data stored therein, from all forms of misuse, abuse, and illegal access by
making punishable under the law such conduct or conducts. In this light, the State shall adopt sufficient
powers to effectively prevent and combat such offenses by facilitating their detection, investigation, and
prosecution at both the domestic and international levels, and by providing arrangements for fast and reliable
international cooperation.
83
Convention on Cybercrime, Art. 20, opened for signature November 23, 2001, ETS 185.
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