Published February 9, 2021, 12:51 PM
Internet service providers (ISP) in the country do not have the technology to determine if certain persons have accessed posts on child pornography, Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said.
Villar, in-charge of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), pointed out that “even with a court order to supply particulars of a user who has accessed child sexual exploitation material… ISPs are unable to because they have not installed the needed technology.”
She said Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9775, the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, states that ISPs should install technology “to intercept or block access to child porn.”
Online sexual abuse of children rising amid COVID-19 pandemic-Save the Children Philippines
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9 Feb 2021
Save the Children Philippines has raised concern that more children are at risk from online sexual abuse and exploitation amid the COVID-19 pandemic as families resort to easy money due to deepening poverty, while children are still not allowed to leave homes.
With the theme Bagong Normal: Ligtas na Internet for All,” the annual Safer Internet Day for Children in the Philippines calls on public and private stakeholders to join the campaign in making the internet a safer and better place for all, especially for children and young people.
Published February 8, 2021, 4:44 PM
President Duterte is set to issue an Executive Order (EO) that will strengthen cooperation among relevant government agencies, including the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP), in the fight against online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Monday, Feb. 8.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
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But Guevarra said the EO may take two months. “We’ll draft the EO and request other relevant agencies to comment,” he said
Also, he said, the President has approved the provision of “more personnel and funding to the IACAT.”
Labor groups seek P100 daily wage hike; DoLE to propose wage subsidy
LABOR groups are set to file a petition for a nationwide emergency minimum daily wage hike of P100 despite calls by business operators and government to delay any pay increase as more establishments are affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Monday, Defend Jobs Philippines said an across-the-board wage hike is needed due to the pandemic-triggered recession. “Defend Jobs Philippines along with other labor groups are set to file a petition at the Labor Department’s National Wages and Productivity Board in the coming days to formally appeal for a P100 emergency wage relief across-the-board increase,” the group said. The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has previously said a wage hike could lead to shutdowns of more establishments. No minimum wage adjustment was implemented last year by any of the regional boards. DoLE, however, said on Monday that it would instead propose a wage subsidy
endIndex: The number of online tips about alleged activities involving online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC rose to 1.2 million in 2020, said the country’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking. (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) The number of online tips about alleged activities involving online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC rose to 1.2 million in 2020, said the country’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking.
This is three times the 400,000 reports received in 2019, the council said.
In a meeting with the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Welfare of Children Thursday, Department of Justice Assistant State Prosecutor Yvette Coronel clarified these numbers reflect tips or reports given to the agency, and not actual cases.