Using your Facebook to "bully, intimidate, or harass any user" will make you

liable for violation of appropriate provisions of the Revised Penal Code under
the Chapter Crimes Against Security (Threaths and Coercion – Article 282-287)
or post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence;
or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence (Section 3 – Safety
Paragraph Nos. 6-7) is also violation of Chapter Two (Offense against Decency
and Good Customs – Article 200-201). (Source: https://e-
lawyersonline.com/static/page/law_and_society_)

Art. 282. Grave threats. — Any person who shall threaten another with
the infliction upon the person, honor or property of the latter or of his
family of any wrong amounting to a crime, shall suffer:
1. The penalty next lower in degree than that prescribed by law for the
crime be threatened to commit, if the offender shall have made the
threat demanding money or imposing any other condition, even
though not unlawful, and said offender shall have attained his
purpose.
If the offender shall not have attained his purpose, the penalty lower
by two degrees shall be imposed. If the threat be made in writing or
through a middleman, the penalty shall be imposed in its maximum
period.
2. The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine not exceeding 500 pesos, if
the threat shall not have been made subject to a condition.

Art. 283. Light threats. — Any threat to commit a wrong not

constituting a crime, made in the manner expressed in subdivision 1 of
the next preceding article, shall be punished by arresto mayor.

Art. 284. Bond for good behavior. — In all cases falling within the two
next preceding articles, the person making the threats may also be
required to give bail not to molest the person threatened, or if he shall
fail to give such bail, he shall be sentenced to destierro.

Art. 285. Other light threats. — The penalty of arresto menor in its
minimum period or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos shall be imposed
upon:
1. Any person who, without being included in the provisions of the next
preceding article, shall threaten another with a weapon or draw such
weapon in a quarrel, unless it be in lawful self-defense.
2. Any person who, in the heat of anger, shall orally threaten another
with some harm not constituting a crime, and who by subsequent
acts show that he did not persist in the idea involved in his threat,
 provided that the circumstances of the offense shall not bring it
within the provisions of Article 282 of this Code.
3. Any person who shall orally threaten to do another any harm not
constituting a felony.

Art. 286. Grave coercions. — The penalty of arresto mayor and a fine
not exceeding 500 pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, without
authority of law, shall, by means of violence, prevent another from doing
something not prohibited by law, or compel him to do something against
his will, whether it be right or wrong.

If the coercion be committed for the purpose of compelling another to

perform any religious act or to prevent him from so doing, the penalty
next higher in degree shall be imposed.

Art. 287. Light coercions. — Any person who, by means of violence,

shall seize anything belonging to his debtor for the purpose of applying
the same to the payment of the debt, shall suffer the penalty of arresto
mayor in its minimum period and a fine equivalent to the value of the
thing, but in no case less than 75 pesos.

Any other coercions or unjust vexations shall be punished by arresto

menor or a fine ranging from 5 pesos to 200 pesos, or both.

Misleading another user in the Facebook such as false pretense of ownership of

a vehicle posted for sale have an accompanying criminal liability for Estafa
punishable under the Article 315-319 (Swindling and Other Deceits) of the
Revised Penal Code, while malicious, libelous and discriminatory posts,
comments or shout outs in Facebook are punishable under Article 353-357
(Libel). (Source: https://e-lawyersonline.com/static/page/law_and_society)

Art. 353. Definition of libel. — A libel is public and malicious

imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act,
omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the
dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to
blacken the memory of one who is dead.

Art. 354. Requirement for publicity. — Every defamatory imputation is

presumed to be malicious, even if it be true, if no good intention and
justifiable motive for making it is shown, except in the following cases:
1. A private communication made by any person to another in the
performance of any legal, moral or social duty; and
 2. A fair and true report, made in good faith, without any
comments or remarks, of any judicial, legislative or other official
proceedings which are not of confidential nature, or of any
statement, report or speech delivered in said proceedings, or of any
other act performed by public officers in the exercise of their
functions.

Art. 355. Libel means by writings or similar means. — A libel

committed by means of writing, printing, lithography, engraving, radio,
phonograph, painting, theatrical exhibition, cinematographic exhibition,
or any similar means, shall be punished by prision correccional in its
minimum and medium periods or a fine ranging from 200 to 6,000
pesos, or both, in addition to the civil action which may be brought by
the offended party.

Art. 356. Threatening to publish and offer to present such

publication for a compensation. — The penalty of arresto mayor or a
fine from 200 to 2,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any person
who threatens another to publish a libel concerning him or the parents,
spouse, child, or other members of the family of the latter or upon
anyone who shall offer to prevent the publication of such libel for a
compensation or money consideration.

Art. 357. Prohibited publication of acts referred to in the course of

official proceedings. — The penalty of arresto mayor or a fine of from
20 to 2,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any reporter, editor or
manager or a newspaper, daily or magazine, who shall publish facts
connected with the private life of another and offensive to the honor,
virtue and reputation of said person, even though said publication be
made in connection with or under the pretext that it is necessary in the
narration of any judicial or administrative proceedings wherein such
facts have been mentioned.

On the other hand, Facebook users who accused innocent persons of

committing a crime (Article 363 – Incriminating Innocent Persons) or posting
intrigue in Facebook with a principal purpose to blemish the honor or
reputation of any person, regardless whether a Facebook user or not (Article
364 – Intriguing Against Honor), are also criminal acts punishable by law.
(Source: https://e-lawyersonline.com/static/page/law_and_society)

Art. 363. Incriminating innocent person. — Any person who, by any

act not constituting perjury, shall directly incriminate or impute to an
innocent person the commission of a crime, shall be punished by arresto
menor.
Art. 364. Intriguing against honor. — The penalty of arresto menor or
fine not exceeding 200 pesos shall be imposed for any intrigue which has
for its principal purpose to blemish the honor or reputation of a person.