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Scenario: A city information officer, Ms. D, posts on her publicly accessible X account: "Governor R accepted kickbacks from Alpha Builders for the river dredging project." The post is widely viewed and later republished in full by a local online news portal. Governor R files a cyberlibel complaint under RA 10175, Sec. 4(c)(4). Which of the following statements is correct regarding the offense and the likely outcome under Philippine law?

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Both the information officer and the online news portal are liable for cyberlibel under RA 10175 Sec. 4(c)(4), because the defamatory statement was posted on a public social media account (publication via a computer system) and later republished by a news portal (a second publication). Neither is liable because the statement concerns a public figure and the facts are true; truth is a defense to libel. Liability of the portal depends on whether it knew the content was false; if it did not know, it cannot be liable. Only the information officer is liable; republication by the portal is merely reporting and does not create a separate cyberlibel offense.

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