Seasoned constitutional law litigator Neri Colmenares captures lawyers’ attention at the 6th MCLE Compliance: Charter Change 100 years of jurisprudence: Very Lively Discussion
(Many thanks : U.P. Law Dean Fides “Deng” Cordero -Tan, Associate Dean Jay Batongbacal and the efficient and hardworking staff of the U.P. Law Center Institute for the Administration of Justice)
Law on Mass Media and Communication 8th Exercise Fair Comment and what can be considered as not a fair comment (abuse of free speech) Based on the legitimate subjects of fair comment as discussed in jurisprudence and taken up in class ( 1.Affairs of the state, the workings of government, acts of governance, and acts of public officials; 2.The manner of administering public institutions such as educational, religious, charitable institutions; 3.The quality of public infrastructure, public works, public utilities; 4.The work of employees and personnel in public utilities, public works, public infrastructure, public services; 5.Consumer products; 6.Advertisements; 7.Literary and artistic work including films, exhibits; 8.Public entertainments (all kinds as long as these are publicly shown such as TV shows); 9.Involvement in public events such as sports, fashion shows, performances; 10.…and a catch-all category — “Appeals to the public”) and and the standards for fair comment (it must be on a legitimate subject of fair comment; it must be based on an actual event or must have some basis in fact; and it must be the author’s honest opinion), give three examples of comments as tweets or FB posts or Instagram comments (redact the URLs and names; redact profanities and curse words ) that are NOT considered as fair comment and are in fact abusive behavior online. In order to avoid confusion, make sure you use the heading : ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR ONLINE in your post [Timeframe: comments (tweets, IG comments, FB posts) from August 15, 2019 to November 21, 2019].
The deadline is at 1pm Thursday November 21, 2019.
