IN A NUTSHELL: The NBI has pursued the cyber libel case against Rappler ♦ Executives of Rappler, in defense, say the case should be dismissed citing prescription period ♦ The complainant in the case claims the article was reposted in 2014 and prescriptive period is 15 years♦ ♦ ♦The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed a cyber libel case before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against executives of online news site Rappler in connection with the complaint filed by a businessman regarding an article published in 2012. In both of their counter-affidavits, Ressa and Santos said they cannot be prosecuted for libel under the Revised Penal Code (RPC) or cyber libel under the Cybercrime Prevention Act for an article posted on their website in 2012 and updated in 2014. The NBI noted Keng’s claim that the article where his complaint stemmed was reposted two years after. Ressa and Santos said libel has been totally extinguished by prescription because under the RPC, prescription is only one year. /jpvRELATED STORYRappler exec, reporter cite defense from cyber libel

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 08, 2018 12:00 UTC