Senator Win Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Cybercrime and the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group to intensify their crackdown on the online sexual exploitation of children.
The chairman of the Senate basic education committee cited reports of students holding a “Christmas sale” of sexual photos and videos to raise funds for distance learning-related expenses.
According to a news report by The Philippine Online Student Tambayan (POST), a news portal on the student sector, some students use #AlterPH, #AlterPinay, and #AlterPhilippines on Twitter to sell their photos and videos.
These students use what they earn to buy gadgets for their siblings and pay for internet bills, according to Gatchalian.
A Christmas bundle, which contains an array of photos and videos that sometimes reveal the face of sellers, is sold for as low P150, he said.
Between March 1 to May 24 this year, there were 279,166 cases of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) recorded in Metro Manila, a spike of 264 percent from the 76,561 cases recorded from the same period last year.
“Nakakabahalang dahil sa mga suliraning dinudulot ng pandemya, ang ating mga kabataan ay nahaharap sa matinding panganib na maging biktima ng pang-aabuso at karahasan. Pinagsasamantalahan ng mga masasamang-loob ang pangangailangan ng ating mga mag-aaral at dapat itong labanan ng ating pamahalaan,” Gatchalian said.
He added that DepEd, on its part, should boost its child protection program, noting that the ‘Child Protection Committees’ (CPC) in schools are mandated to identify learners who may be experiencing abuse and exploitation.
CPCs are also expected to report cases to government agencies and non-government organizations.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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