MANILA, Philippines — The Senate women committee has set another hearing into online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) incidents in the country, allowing Facebook and other social media platforms to explain their policies and answer questions from senators.
This, after Facebook earned the ire of several senators over its absence in a hearing on Tuesday tackling bills to strengthen laws against the sexual abuse and exploitation of children online.
“Facebook has committed to attend the next anti-OSAEC hearing,” Senator Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, said in a statement Wednesday.
“We wi…
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