Economic vulnerability, particularly poverty, remains the primary cause why many Filipino children become victims of sexual abuse and exploitation, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. In its human rights situation report, the CHR highlighted the alarming rise in online sexual abuse and...
Stressing the "urgency" for internet safety education in the country, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its full support to the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 2934, "An Act Establishing a Safety Internet Education Program in the Curriculum of All Elementary and Secondary Schools." SB 2934...
Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, February 17 said she will call for a Senate investigation into the new trends of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Hontiveros made the remark following reports of authorities arresting a woman and her cohorts for...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Following President Marcos’ emotional acknowledgment of the government’s insufficient action in combating online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC), Gabriela Women’s...
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 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,...
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...
Two advocacy groups are calling for stronger measures to curb Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC), saying that the effort should be integrated among various stakeholders – from the government, private sector, civil society, to the communities and families – as the world...
