It pertains to the unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Art. 355

of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, committed through a computer

system or any other similar means which may be devised in the future.

The following statements are true except _______________.

Moral damages may be recovered for the following except

In defamation cases, what is the purpose of the payment of damages to

the offended party?

Suppose C, instead of slapping A for that purpose went to the stage, got

the microphone and uttered the words “dirty”, “imbecile”, “prostitute”, etc.

directed against A. What offense was committed by C.

C asked A to dance with him but the latter refused. Thereafter, while A

was dancing with B in the dance floor, she was slapped by C for the purpose

of causing her shame and humiliating her in public. What offense was

committed by C if there is any?

Defamation through television is __________.

While written communications or published statements which cause

dishonor, discredit or contempt of another person are categorized as libel,

and oral or verbal words are to be labeled as _____________, acts

perpetrated for the same purpose are classified as ____________.

The following are crimes against honor except

A libel is a public and ___________ of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real

or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status or circumstance tending

to cause the dishonor, discredit or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or

to blacken the memory of one who is dead.

A sent a letter to C which maligns B. C is the wife of B. Was there a

sufficient publication?

In defamatory offenses, aside from being malicious, there must be a

publication of the libelous article, that is, there must be ___________.

Suppose X filed a case against Y before the Regional Trial Court of

Batangas City and the latter was convicted for the crime of libel. Judge Z then

awarded damages in favor of X. Is the awarding of damages (your answer in

number 42) proper? Why?

Article 2219, paragraph (7) of the Civil Code allows the recovery of

__________ in case of libel, slander or any other form of defamation.

In response to developments in technology and the ever-growing use of

multiple forms of social media in the Philippines, Congress enacted

_______________, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

Which of the following imputations is considered as malicious?

Libel and Slander: _____________ as Cyberlibel: __________.

These persons may be held liable for the crime of libel except

Libel: written as Slander: __________.

Defamation is the offense of injuring a person’s character, fame or

reputation through false and malicious statements.

A fair and true report, made in bad faith, without any comments or

remarks, of any judicial, legislative or other official proceedings which are not

of confidential nature, or of any statement, report or speech delivered in said

proceedings, or of any other act performed by public officers in the exercise

of their functions is an exception to the general rule that every defamatory

imputation is presumed to be malicious.

A private communication made by any person to another in the

performance of any legal, moral or social duty is not an exception to the

general rule that every defamatory imputation is presumed to be malicious.

Every defamatory imputation is presumed to be malicious, even if it be

true, if no good intention and justifiable motive for making it is shown.

The writer wrote the Governor a letter charging him of having a dirty and

corrupt administration, of teaching his police to become collectors of bribe

money, and of refusing to have the municipal treasurer collect hundreds of

thousands of taxes, the copies of which were furnished to the Court,

Municipal Council and the Chief of Police. Is the crime of libel committed?

A broadcasting company would need to be a partnership established in

the Philippines with a franchise granted by the Philippine Congress. This

franchise is in the form of a law and therefore its grant goes through the

same process as other types of statutes.

There are no regulations concerning the cross-ownership of media.

However, an entity cannot engage in both telecommunications and

broadcasting under a single franchise.

It was established to promote and encourage the production and

broadcasting of developmentally appropriate television programs for children

and to monitor the implementation of the Act and other government policies

and regulations pertaining to children's broadcast programs.

Frequency Allocation is an authority to operate issued to a CPCN

applicant once it successfully proves that it has the financial and technical

capacity to deliver its services to the public.

Cable Television System does not need a franchise to operate but they

are required to register with the NTC for proper monitoring

A cable television system operating in a community may carry or, upon

request by a relevant station licensee or permittee, shall carry the television

broadcast signals from certain broadcast stations such as commercial

educational television stations.

Local rules require a cable television system operating in a community that

is within particular field intensity contours of an authorized television broadcast

station or stations to carry the television signals of these stations.

“The ownership and management of mass media shall be limited to citizens

of the Philippines, or to corporations, cooperatives or associations, wholly-

owned and managed by such citizens.”

An enfranchised broadcasting company should obtain certain principal

licenses from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). The

following are licenses issued by NTC except _______.

A Philippine government agency that is part of the Office of the President of

the Philippines, responsible for regulating the production, use and distribution

of recording media in the Philippines as part of ensuring the protection and

promotion of intellectual property rights.

An entity which relying on the transmission, switching and local distribution

facilities of the local exchange and inter-exchange operators, and overseas

carriers, offers enhanced services beyond those ordinarily provided for by

such carriers.

There is no general law applicable to the media sector as a whole.

Nonetheless, the laws and regulations mainly focus on regulating access to

content. The media sector is likewise affected by legislations on the following

except __________