“What preventive measures have our telcos and ISPs taken to block avenues of exploitation like online gaming, chat groups, phishing email and other unsolicited contact in social media?” she said in a statement Sunday.Marcos noted that the Philippines has been considered by the United Nations Children’s Fund as the “global epicenter of the live-stream sex abuse trade” and the top global source of child pornography.
Further, she pointed to the recent arrest of an American pedophile in Pampanga, noting that this is just “one of many police operations conducted since the mid-March lockdown.”The Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center has also rescued 34 minors across the country who were involved in online pornography, the senator added.
“Europol, which is the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has already warned that sexual predators have also found their way to children via online learning applications,” Marcos said, only a few weeks before the country shifts to online learning amid the pandemic.
“The pandemic has stripped the layers of protection against the sexual abuse of children, including the income security of parents and public interaction under the watchful eyes of teachers, doctors, law enforcers, and responsible members of the community,” Marcos said. “Even the protection of various laws now appears thin and needs to be reinforced, so that our telcos and ISPs take their responsibilities more seriously,” she added.
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