There are always two sides of everything; it depends on your perspective on how you perceive it. The same goes for social media, most people admire it as a revolutionary invention and some seem to take it as a negative impact on the society. The Influence of social media lives within our minds since it’s the eyes that feed and our brains will interpret. We therefore sometimes see posts or commentaries meant to embarrass competence and intelligence, gender or just plain rumour mongering. Such acts done behind the cloak of a social media platform may have legal implications under Philippine Laws. AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (RA 10175) The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, officially recorded as Republic Act No. 10175, is a law in the Philippines signed by President Aquino on Sept. 12, 2012. Its original goal was to penalize acts like cybersex,...