Kiko calls Facebook, Twitter virtual ‘crime scenes’ of child abuse
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Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, March 2, called out social media giants Facebook and Twitter for their absence in the Senate hearing on online abuse and exploitation of children, describing these platforms as a “crime scene” particularly of fake accounts committing criminal activities.
Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan
“These abuses are happening in plain sight for lack of a better term in these social media accounts. They’re making money out of these activities and
sana man lang nagpadala ng representative
dito sa ating hearing,” Pangilinan said during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality.
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Awareness Week should prompt gov t on heightened crackdown vs. online child sexual abuse - Gatchalian
Amidst the observance of the National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation every second week of February every year, Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP) to sustain and boost efforts to curb online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) in the country.
According to Gatchalian, this entails steps such as the continuous monitoring of internet service providers (ISPs) compliance with the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 (Republic Act No. 9775) following a surge of activities linked to OSEC.
Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian on Thursday called on the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP) to sustain and boost efforts to curb online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) in the country.
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Published January 20, 2021, 6:14 PM
The Department of Justice (DoJ) relayed Wednesday to the House Committee on Welfare of Children that despite the government’s imposition of lockdown last year, there has been “significant” increase in the number of victims rescued from online sexual abuse and exploitation from 2019 to 2020.
During the House panel’s initial virtual probe on the increasing cases of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), DoJ-Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) deputy executive director Atty. Ma. Yvette Coronel said from 2019 to 2020, there is a comparative increase in the numbers of operations conducted and rescued victims involving OSEC-related crimes.
She noted the data is culled from the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center (PICACC), which is a partnership between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the NBI-Anti Human Trafficking Division (AHTRAD).