▁government ▁that ▁will ▁advance ▁and ▁promote ▁a ▁people ' s ▁I CT . ▁CPU ▁bel ieves ▁that , ▁like ▁far mers , ▁workers , ▁and ▁other ▁se ctors ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁I CT ▁workers ▁also ▁need ▁to ▁organ ize ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁advance ▁their ▁specific ▁needs . ▁ ▁A ▁year ▁before ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Philipp ine ▁general ▁elections , ▁CPU ▁war ns ▁s oph istic ated ▁che ating ▁with ▁the ▁Philippines ' ▁first ▁autom ated ▁pol ls . ▁They ▁had ▁hosted ▁a ▁national ▁conference ▁in ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁in ▁D il iman , ▁Que zon ▁City ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁autom ated ▁election ▁system ▁( A ES ). ▁Rick ▁Bah ague , ▁CPU ▁National ▁Co ordin ator ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁conference ▁was ▁to ▁gather ▁experiences ▁and ▁best ▁practices ▁in ▁techn ologies ▁relevant ▁to ▁A ES . ▁He ▁further ▁said ▁that ▁software ▁bugs ▁in ▁the ▁A ES ▁system ▁can ▁affect ▁machines ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁elections ▁and ▁the ▁autom ated ▁election ▁system ▁is ▁vulner able ▁to ▁manip ulation ▁from ▁inside ▁or ▁outside ▁attacks . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁protest s ▁against ▁Stop ▁Online ▁Pi racy ▁Act ▁( S OP A ) ▁and ▁PRO TE CT ▁IP ▁Act ▁( PI PA ) ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁CPU ▁expressed ▁strong ▁opposition ▁to ▁it . ▁They ▁said ▁that ▁S OP A ▁and ▁P IP A ▁that ▁were ▁being ▁pushed ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Congress ▁attack ▁free ▁speech ▁and ▁expression ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁impact