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...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, February 14 reiterated his call for the government to launch a stronger crackdown on various forms of child trafficking, including the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). Gatchalian made the call as the National Awareness Week on the...
Fiber internet provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has blocked around 350,000 web addresses or uniform resource locators (URLs) as of end-January 2023, more than double the list the previous year as it combats illicit content, including those that contain imagery of online sexual abuse and...
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday, February 7 urged the government to act with dispatch on the rising pregnancies among very young girls and teenagers, noting that majority of the registered adolescent live births involved men who are older than the girls. Citing data from the Philippine Statistics...
PLDT Inc. & Smart Communications Inc. blocked over 17 billion attempts to open malicious sites by the end of 2022, the telcos reported Friday, January 13. "We are working 24/7 to block scams and fraudulent messages, as well as mobile accounts being used in criminal activities,” says Angel...
