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People who want to commit adultery don’t need a website to facilitate it—but just as well, the Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to make it clear that it’s not condoning the shenanigans of those who want to shag people other than their spouse.
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“Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday, December 1, that she has asked the Department of Justice Office of Cybercrime to thoroughly study what measures may be undertaken to address the ‘illegal operations’ of so-called “adultery website” Ashleymadison.com,” reports Ina Reformina on ABS-CBNnews.com.
The report noted: “De Lima said the possible measures the DOJ are mulling are requesting telcos to take down or ban these websites.”
De Lima explained that “the Cybercrime Prevention Law need not come into play regarding the issue since there are enough provisions in the Revised Penal Code (RPC) that may be invoked.”
Adultery remains punishable under the RPC.
De Lima pointed out, “You know adultery remains to be punishable under the Revised Penal Code and from what we see and from what we hear from that particular website is that it encourages extramarital affair. It encourages adulterous acts, and adultery is a criminal act punishable under our general criminal law,” she said.
According to the report, “Singapore and South Korea have previously banned Ashley Madison, citing that it threatened family values.”
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