MANILA, Philippines — Amid the rise in cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children during the Covid-19 pandemic, telecommunications companies and internet service providers (ISPs) were reminded Friday to comply with existing laws against online child sexual exploitation.
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Gregorio Honasan II said that his office is closely coordinating with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to ensure that telcos and ISPs are complying with the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.
“The DICT takes the matter of online child sexual exploitation very seriously,” Honasan said…
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