MEDIA ADVISORY
Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance
1 October 2012
Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance Holds Black Tuesday Silent Protest
Against Cybercrime Prevention Act
What: The Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance (PIFA) composed of different organizations, netizens, and bloggers, will hold a silent protest
When: Tuesday, October 2, 11am
Where: Supreme Court of the Philippines
The group will be carrying plain black placards as a symbol of the curtailment of freedom of speech that the Cybercrime Prevention Act brought.
The protest will be joined by the organizations and individuals in the alliance: Freelance Writers Guild of the Philippines, Filipino Freethinkers, Dakila-Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, Colaition for Reform, Partido Lakas ng Masa, The ProPinoy Project, Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards, Inc., blogger and editor of Blog Watch Noemi Lardizabal-Dado, Music.ph’s Jim Ayson, and blogger Carlo Ople.