Section 4 (c) 4 of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act includes online libel as a cybercrime. Section 6 states that the penalty for it could be raised to a degree higher; those who committed libel using a "computer system" may stay behind bars from 6 to 12 years. Libel under the Revised Penal Code, on the other hand, is only punishable with imprisonment from 6 months to 4 years.