On FOI bill: Sen.Sotto wants online seekers of gov't information identified

SENATE deputy minority leader Vicente Sotto 3rd could once be in a collision course with netizens with his suggestion to require seekers of public information to identify themselves first before being allowed to downloading government documents especially those containing sensitive matters.

Sotto, during the first day of the interpellation period on the proposed people’s freedom of information (FOI) bill Tuesday afternoon, noted that if the measure would allow public to freely access public documents it should be done equally.