"Child pornography" according to the definition stated in the Republic Act 9775 or the "Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009," refers to any representation whether visual, audio, or written combination thereof, by electronic, mechanical, digital, optical, magnetic, or any other means, of child engaged or involved in real or simulated explicit sexual activities.[1]
According to Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), a group of international agencies against child pornography, the Philippines is among the top ten countries with rampant cyber pornographic activities involving mostly boys and girls ages 10-14.[2]
To combat the modern
problem in child exploitation through computers, Republic Act 9775 or the
“Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009” was enacted, defining the crime of child
pornography and prescribing penalties and to further strengthen the fight
against online child pornography, Republic Act 10175 or the “Cybercrime
Prevention Act of 2012” imposes a higher degree of penalty to the perpetrators
of the said unlawful or prohibited acts.
The State recognizes the vital role
of the youth in nation building and shall promote and protect their physical,
moral, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, psychological and social
well-being.
The State recognizes the vital role
of the youth in nation building and shall promote and protect their physical,
moral, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, psychological and social well-being.[3]
According to Terre de Hommes, an organization in Netherlands which provides direct emergency assistance to children, webcam child sex tourism involves tens of thousands of children in the Philippines alone. Researchers discovered how adult men are able to seek contact with a poor Filipino child for instance, that will perform sexual activities on request of the viewer. The man who is viewing will pay - or not - and then leave the child to the next customer. The research team was helped by a fictitious, virtual, 10-year old Filipino child called Sweetie. As soon as the girl sowed her virtual face in freely accessible chat programs, numerous adult men would contact her with requests for online sexual activity. These chat rooms are easily accessed by everyone, yet they are under strict supervision by a monitor. There was not much monitoring done. However, and in reality the said monitor would sometimes be involved in the sexual abuse. Sweetie would never let herself be abused however. There was a way out of her. Not for thousands of extremely poor children however; for them this is the harsh reality of supply and demand.
[1 ]“Child
Pornography,” Republic Act No. 9775 An Act defining the Crime of Child
Pornography, prescribing penalties therefor and for other purposes
[2] PHL among top
producers of child pornography, international task force says at http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/344345/news/nation/phl-among-top-producers-of-child-pornography-international-task-force-says
[3] Declaration of
Policy, Republic Act No. 9775 An Act defining the Crime of Child Pornography,
prescribing penalties therefor and for other purposes
This is the whole content of my introduction.
ReplyDeleteFighting Online Child Pornography: R.A. 9775, “Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009” consolidated with R.A. 10175, “ Cybercrime Prevention Act 0f 2012.”
“Child pornography” according to the definition stated in the Republic Act 9775 or the “Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009”, it refers to any representation whether visual, audio, or written combination thereof, by electronic, mechanical, digital, optical, magnetic, or any other means, of child engaged or involved in real or simulated explicit sexual activities.[1]
According to Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), a group of international agencies against child pornography, the Philippines is among the top ten countries with rampant cyber pornographic activities involving mostly boys and girls age 10-14.[2]
To combat the modern problem in child exploitation through computers, Republic Act 9775 or the “Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009” was enacted, defining the crime of child pornography and prescribing penalties and to further strengthen the fight against online child pornography, Republic Act 10175 or the “Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012” imposes a higher degree of penalty to the perpetrators of the said unlawful or prohibited acts.
The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, psychological and social well-being.
The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, psychological and social well-being.[3]
Aside from the government, international agencies and non-governmental organizations, hand in hand, extensively work hard to mitigate this widespread child abuse. The negative side of technology, aggravates this problem because children are exploited through computer systems in just a second and this kind of offense is not just proliferating in the country but in all parts of the world.
According to Terre de Hommes, an organization in Netherlands which provides direct emergency assistance to children, webcam child sex tourism involves tens of thousands of children in the Philippines alone. Researchers discovered how adult men are able to seek contact with a poor Filipino child for instance, that will perform sexual activities on request of the viewer. The man who is viewing will pay - or not - and then leave the child to the next customer. The research team was helped by a fictitious, virtual, 10-year old Filipino child called Sweetie. As soon as the girl sowed her virtual face in freely accessible chat programs, numerous adult men would contact her with requests for online sexual activity. These chat rooms are easily accessed by everyone, yet they are under strict supervision by a monitor. There was not much monitoring done. However, and in reality the said monitor would sometimes be involved in the sexual abuse. Sweetie would never let herself be abused however. There was a way out of her. Not for thousands of extremely poor children however; for them this is the harsh reality of supply and demand.
[1 ]“Child Pornography,” Republic Act No. 9775 An Act defining the Crime of Child Pornography, prescribing penalties therefor and for other purposes
[2] PHL among top producers of child pornography, international task force says at http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/344345/news/nation/phl-among-top-producers-of-child-pornography-international-task-force-says
[3] Declaration of Policy, Republic Act No. 9775 An Act defining the Crime of Child Pornography, prescribing penalties therefor and for other purposes