Unable to hold his emotions back, President Marcos vowed that the government would do better to address what he called a "dark reality" that many Filipino youth have fallen victim to online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM...
President Marcos has ordered a centralized system using technology to make the Philippines the “absolute worst” place for the online sexual abuse of children and the creation of child sexual abuse materials, Malacañang said on Wednesday, June 5. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a...
A three-month-old baby has fallen victim to online sexual exploitation, Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic Clavano IV divulged on Thursday, April 25, as the agency took note of the rampant online sexual abuse of minors in the Philippines. (Shutterstock photo) Citing...
President Marcos condemned "in the strongest of terms" the crimes of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines, and ordered agencies to "show no mercy" to offenders. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos on Thursday, April 25,...
The Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (CPTCSA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), on Thursday, Feb. 15 took the lead in organizing a forum titled "Forum on Kinship Care: Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Survivors of Online Sexual Abuse. Photo from Pixabay On the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, February 7 urged the government to exhaust all means to counter the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) in worsening the problem of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). The senator made the call after Council for the...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Friday, Jan. 26, expressed an alarming concern over the rising cases of Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) in the Philippines. MANILA BULLETIN FILE In a televised interview via PTV's Bagong Pilipinas segment, CICC...
The National Coordinating Council on Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitaiton of Children (NCC-OSAEC) has a plan to set up a hotline for victims and members of their families to air their complaints, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday, Jan. 15. DOJ Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic F....
As the primary telecommunication partner of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Corp. assured the public of the cybersecurity and connectivity operations of the expanded “Makabata Helpline 1383.” The expanded Makabata Helpline 1383, launched on...
Photo by Khriscielle Yalao / MANILA BULLETIN Mayors and vice mayors of the local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) banded together to support the newly launched expanded "Makabata Helpline 1383" program of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) on Saturday, Oct....
Telco giant PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Corp. expressed its commitment to eradicating online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) that is rampant in the local digital sphere. In a press conference with the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), PLDT and Smart First...
Globe Telecom Inc. blocked over 400,000 links and malicious websites containing child pornography last year, in support of the government’s war against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC), the telco announced Wednesday, February 15. Overall, Globe blocked 399,540 URLs and...
