MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued show-cause orders to 47 internet service providers (ISPs) over their alleged violation of Republic Act No. 9975 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.
Under the law, ISPs are mandated to inform civilian law enforcement agencies upon discovery of any child porn materials running through their servers, while ensuring to update the company’s hardware and software with the technology needed to block webpages promoting or showing such photos and videos.
President Rodrigo Duterte recently approved a proposal from the Department of Justice to sanction ISPs for not fulfilling their duties under the law….
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