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Baby rescued from online sexual exploitation, DOJ-IACAT says

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 09:42 PM

The number of recorded online sexual exploitation cases among children in the Philippines continues to rise despite the pandemic, and one of its youngest victims was a barely-month-old baby, the country’s inter-agency council against trafficking revealed.  Read more »

Bishop Pabillo sa mga deboto: Labanan ang pang-aabuso sa mga bata

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 06:53 PM

Hinimok ngayong Linggo ni Bishop Broderick Pabillo ang mga mananampalataya na labanan ang lumalalang problema ng pang-aabuso sa mga bata sa bansa. Read more »

PLDT's challenge: Cracking down on child porn livestreaming

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:46 PM

MANILA - PLDT Inc. has blocked 3,000 websites carrying child pornography but the bigger challenge now is cracking down on child pornography livestreams on various platforms, a PLDT executive said Friday.  Read more »

'Most wanted person' sa San Ildefonso, Bulacan, arestado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 11:25 PM

May 3 warrant of arrest ang suspek dahil sa mga kasong child abuse at rape. Read more »

Duterte, Cabinet want telcos sanctioned for child pornography

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 11:55 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet have ordered sanctions against internet service providers that failed to stop online child pornography, reports of which nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte wants cybercrime experts to probe alleged sale of students' sexy photos, videos

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 11:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will summon cybercrime units and experts to look into reports that some students have been selling obscene photos and videos of themselves online to support their studies, an ally said on Wednesday.  Read more »

DepEd probes online sale of students’ sexy photos, videos

Jaehwa Bernardo and Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 07:03 PM

The Department of Education said Tuesday it was looking into reports that some students have been selling obscene photos and videos of themselves online to support their studies. Read more »

NBI asked to probe online sale of students’ sexy photos, videos

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 08:51 PM

(UPDATE) The Department of Justice on Monday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate reports that some students have been selling their sexy photos and videos online to support their needs for distance learning.  Read more »

Gatchalian seeks stronger crackdown vs selling of students' lewd photos, videos

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 01:02 PM

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Department of Justice and Philippine National Police to strengthen their efforts against students who are allegedly selling obscene photos of themselves to raise funds to support their education. Read more »

Pornhub pulls 'unverified' user clips amid abuse video claims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 06:44 AM

MONTREAL - Adult content giant Pornhub has announced the "suspension" of content uploaded by non-verified users as the site faces turmoil over claims of turning a blind eye to videos of child abuse, rape and revenge porn. Read more »

Commission on women notes underreporting of abuse cases due to fear, pandemic restrictions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 02:40 PM

While the numbers are significantly lower compared to last year however, Balmes said this may be also because victims may be scared of reporting cases.  Read more »

Mastercard, Visa halt processing payments on Pornhub

Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters
Posted at Dec 11 06:32 AM

Pornhub has denied the allegations but said it had banned video downloads and was allowing only certain partner accounts to upload content. Read more »

2 Indian national timbog sa umano'y panggagahasa sa teenager

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 08:05 PM

Arestado ang 2 Indian national matapos umanong gahasain ang anak ng isang ginang na hindi makabayad sa kanilang pautang.   Read more »

Lawmakers urged to ban child marriage in Britain

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 07 02:51 AM

LONDON - Britain is sabotaging girls' futures and condoning child sex abuse by failing to scrap an "anachronistic" law allowing child marriage, a lawmaker told parliament on Tuesday as she presented a bill to criminalize marriage under 18. Read more »

Girl dies of severe lice infestation; parents face murder charges

Maria Cramer, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 06 08:19 AM

The 12-year-old girl had no bruises on her body. She was not malnourished, according to prosecutors. She had just eaten before her mother found her unconscious in late August in their home in rural Georgia. But she had a lice infestation so severe that the doctors who treated her the day she died said it was enough to kill her. Read more »

Pulis-Maynila arestado sa pagpapatakas umano sa preso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 04:40 PM

Arestado ng Manila Police District ang isang pulis na sinasabing nagpatakas ng isang preso, na inihatid pa niya pauwi ng probinsiya.   Read more »

Students struggling to get gadgets for online classes fall victim to abuse, sexual exploitation

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 04:36 PM

Several groups have expressed concern over cases of students engaging in illicit activities and falling victim to online sexual exploitation as they struggle to acquire gadgets that they could use for distance education. Read more »

New Vatican manual advises bishops to report sex abuse claims to police

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 17 03:03 AM

The Vatican released guidelines Thursday for bishops and other senior church officials on how to deal with clerical child sex abuse claims, after Pope Francis called for the procedures to be laid out step-by-step. Read more »

US teacher who raped student and then married him dies

Daniel Victor, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 09 08:21 AM

Mary Kay Letourneau, a onetime teacher who became a tabloid fixture in the late 1990s after she raped a 13-year-old student and later married him after serving a prison sentence, died Monday at her home in Des Moines, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. She was 58.  Read more »

Tokyo mother arrested over leaving 3-yr-old alone for week to die

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 08 09:38 AM

TOKYO - A Tokyo woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of leaving her 3-year-old daughter alone at their home for more than a week and letting her starve to death, police said. Read more »