MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) cybercrime office received almost 1.3-million tipline reports in 2020 of online sexual abuse and child exploitation (OSAEC) content, an official told the senators at the hearing.
During Wednesday’s hearing of bills seeking greater protection for children from sexual abuse and exploitation online, Atty. Angiereen Medina, officer-in-charge of the DOJ’s Office of Cybercrime, noted the rise in cyber tipline reports received in 2020 compared to 2019.
“In 2019, we received around 426,000 reports. Come 2020, and this is during the Covid pandemic, our office received approximately 1,297,000 cyber tipline reports,” she said.
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