The seemingly
unending battle against child pornography has been the perennial problem
worldwide. Everything posted online may be considered for public viewing. Once
we have decided to share our information, it can now be seen by whomever whose
interest is about children exploitation.
It is now the duty of
parents whether to share their family’s whereabouts or activities especially
their children. They could somehow screen photos and contents because we
wouldn’t know if predators are around to check on our children.
As a mother of three,
I’ve been very particular of the content I share online especially details
about my children. One could never tell whether some people’s intentions are to
get information on our children or wait for an opportunity to take advantage of
them. That’s why I always keep in mind to review information before I post
them.
Educating Ourselves
Some of us especially
parents are not informed on the status of our country with regard to child
pornography. We have been very busy on our daily lives to provide for our
children so we cannot check them out the whole time. They are exposed in an
environment where they experience and see many things which we cannot screen
and explain for them. This will lead them to inappropriate materials not
applicable for their age. We should make time to guide them about the
limitations and give them an idea on what they could see online. We must also
challenge ourselves to be more patient and get information so we know how to
face problems that may arise.
Getting help
#MakeITSafePH is a
public service education campaign that enlightens and informs the public on the
safety of sharing personal information or illegal content. There are
educational materials on phishing, identity theft, child pornography, etc.
Getting to know about campaigns and activities on child pornography are good
steps where parents would know where they could get started. It is vital that
people would know that there are organizations and government institutions that
focus on these campaigns and where they could get the help needed.
Awareness
According to the
Philippine National Police (PNP) report on October 2017, there are rising
number of cases and incidents online with regard to sex exploitation of minors.
The PNP has arrested two men who had been using their social media accounts to
get their foreign clients to engage in cybersex with children aged 8-15 years
old in exchange for money at around P20,000-30,000.
According to Unicef, "In
the Philippines, the risks to children are high, with the country being the number
1 global source of child pornography and a hub for the live stream abuse
trade." This alarming news is devastating in terms of our country’s data
wherein parents should take into consideration because we don’t know if this
will happen in our doorstep or just around the corner.
Awareness is very
important nowadays and our government has laws to protect the children. It had
enacted the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009. In 2014, the Cybercrime Law
took effect where general punishable acts are considered as cybercrime if done
using the computer or the internet.
Child pornography
must be stopped. We should remember that we, parents, should be the first to
protect our children. Let us help our community in providing options and
information thru the combined efforts our government and different
organizations and be able raise awareness in this endeavor.
3 comments
Kaya I don't share photos of my kids always. Pinipili ko nalang ang mga bagay na dapat for my kids. I wish sana nalaman ko ito before, ni-isang photo hindi siguro ako magpopost for their privacy.
ReplyDeleteI just caught my student reading a porn online novel. I didn't know those kind of ebooks until I caught them and the words are not suitable for them. It's very burglar for teenager.
ReplyDeleteThank you for raising such awareness.
ReplyDeleteComments? Questions? Suggestions?
Please I would love to read about it.
I will reply to you as soon as I can and visit your site too.
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Thank you very much! Maraming Salamat! Arigatou gozaimasu!