It also increases the duties of the private sector, with emphasis on electronic service providers, internet intermediaries, and financial intermediaries, specifically with respect to the blocking and preserving of OSAEC materials found on their platforms, and cooperation with law enforcement agents, according to the senator.
Further, the bill forms the National Coordinating Center against OSAEC and CSAEM under the Inter Agency Council against Trafficking , she added. The measure likewise “establishes protections and guarantees for child victims of OSAEC, particularly with respect [to] their psycho-social needs” and “grants additional investigation and surveillance tools to law enforcement agents, taking into account the complexities of the internet and the dark web.”
“I note that we yielded to the DOF and removed the automatic appropriation provision, thus the amounts necessary to fulfill the provisions of this act shall be subjected to the annual budgetary process,” Hontiveros continued.Earlier, Hontiveros noted that the Philippines is among the top 10 countries where child sexual abuse and exploitation materials are produced.ADVERTISEMENT
Citing data from the Department of Justice, the senator further pointed out that OSAEC cases in the Philippines rose by 264.6 percent during the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine from March to May 2020.
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