Twenty-six years after the e-Commerce Act: Looking back, moving forward
Source: The Manila times
Published on: 2026-06-20 16:13
LAST June 14 marked the 26th anniversary of Republic Act (RA) 8792, better known as the e-Commerce Act of 2000. For many Filipinos today, the term "e-commerce" immediately brings to mind online shopping, digital payments, food delivery apps, marketplaces, and social commerce. But when the law was being crafted more than two decades ago, the vision was much broader than enabling people to buy and sell online. The internet was beginning to transform how information, transactions, and business relationships could be conducted across borders. Around the world, governments were recognizing that electronic documents, electronic signatures, and electronic transactions would eventually become part of mainstream economic activity. The Philippines needed to ensure that it would not be left behind. For many advocates at the time, e-commerce was also viewed as a means of leveling the playing fiel...
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