Libel is a category of defamation that includes defamatory statements that are published or broadcast. Libel is a tort under common law for which a defamed party can sue for damages.

Most recently, Ressa and Rappler colleague Reynaldo Santos Jr. were convicted of “cyber libel,” a decision that many critics condemned as a blow to press freedom, on June 15. Ressa is appealing the ...

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa who heads the news site Rappler Inc. has been found guilty of cyber libel in the country’s first conviction of its kind involving the media, a decision seen as ...

The cyber libel trial against Maria Ressa, the CEO and executive editor of independent media startup Rappler, started today in Manila, in a case that will ...

Journalist Maria Ressa Arrested for ‘Cyber Libel’ in the Philippines. 2 minute read. By Katie Reilly. Updated: February 13, 2019 10:27 AM [ET] | Originally published: February 13, 2019 8:17 AM ...

In the digital age, anyone with a connection to the Internet can make themselves a writer, a poet, a commenter...or a critic. The language can be harsh, and the treatment rough. And writers can do ...

Philippines' top court upholds 'cyber libel' law. Feb 18, 2014. Philippine Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law. Oct 9, 2012. Philippine president defends cybercrime law.