Blogs, weblogs or web logs nowadays are becoming more a trend than a fad. Away back, they are merely on-line journals or entries of one’s chronological thoughts. Today, blogs are channels of affection, drama, excitement and enthusiasm, passion, vengeance, and many more. They are even mediums for money-making.
It is interesting to note that there are already discussions, feature articles and news reports in TV, radio and newspapers about blogs. Blogs seemed to have also invaded the mass media.
With the freedom of expression afforded to bloggers, weblogs also become an avenue to attack an individual or group of individuals which maybe based on truth or on malicious intents of a person or a group. Because of this, there are news reports and discussions about the need to regulate blogs.
If this move will be pursued, I am just thinking of how the process of regulating will be done. Are the laws we have on libel enough? Can someone sue a blogger or can a blogger be sued for an opinion made based on Article 353 of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines?