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'Horrifying': Hontiveros exposes YouTube channel grooming children for sex

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday appealed to Malacañang to approve the bill strengthening the current anti-child porn law amid the proliferation of online channels and materials sexualizing children.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">These horrifying photos tell us what we already knew: that an Anti-Online Sexual Abuse &amp; Exploitation of Children law is absolutely and urgently needed.<br/><br/>I call on the executive to sign the Anti-OSAEC law now. Our children need the full power &amp; protection of this measure. <a href="https://t.co/nnZ8rZEcQP">pic.twitter.com/nnZ8rZEcQP</a></p>— risa hontiveros (@risahontiveros) <a href="https://twitter.com/risahontiveros/status/1547397488180887552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In a tweet, Hontiveros shared screenshots of YouTube channel Usapang Diskarte, which has over 252,000 subscribers.</p><p>The channel produces videos such as &quot;Paano Mapapayag Ang Batang Babae na May Gawin Kayo&quot; (How to convince a young girl to do something with you) and &quot;Paano Maka-Iy*t Ng Bata&quot; (How to have sex with a child).</p><p>&quot;These horrifying photos tell us what we already knew: that an Anti-Online Sexual Abuse &amp; Exploitation of Children law is absolutely and urgently needed... Anti-cybercrime group, please have a look. The people behind these accounts should be brought to justice,&quot; Hontiveros said.</p><p>Hontiveros was pertaining to the pending bill “Anti-Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) and Anti-Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials (CSAEM) Act,&quot; approved by the previous Congress, and is now awaiting President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.&#x27;s signature.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/05/30/21/the-filipino-mothers-selling-their-children-for-online-sexual-abuse">The Filipino mothers selling their children for online sexual abuse</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I call on the executive to sign the Anti-OSAEC law now. Our children need the full power &amp; protection of this measure,&quot; she appealed.<br/> <br/>The proposed law would amend the Anti-Money Laundering Act and repeal the Anti-Child Pornography Act for a wider set of safeguards for children and stiffer penalties against perpetrators.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/15/21/pldts-challenge-cracking-down-on-child-porn-livestreaming">PLDT&#x27;s challenge: Cracking down on child porn livestreaming</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2124696" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In a TeleRadyo interview Friday, Hontiveros tagged the pending bill as &quot;urgent,&quot; saying the children deserves the full protection of the law.</p><p>&quot;Imagine tinuturuan, pinapayuhan ang mga adults kung papaano i-sexually abuse ang mga bata, ang mga menor de edad?&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;I-groom sila, kumbinsihin sila, lokohin sila na pumasok sa mga sexual activities at relasyon sa mga adults? Nananawagan ako sa executive pirmahan na please,&quot; she added.</p><p>In a statement Thursday night, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said its Office of Cybercrime &quot;has successfully requested Meta Platforms, Inc. to have the account Usapang Diskarte removed.</p><p>As of 6:52 p.m., Usapang Diskarte&#x27;s Facebook page has been unavailable.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" " Hontiveros="" exposes="" YouTube="" channel="" grooming="" for="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/07/14/unavailable.jpg"/></figure></div><p>DOJ also asked Google to remove Usapang Diskarte&#x27;s &quot;Paano Maka-Iy*t Ng Bata&quot; video from YouTube.</p><p>&quot;The DOJ-OOC reminds the public that engaging in similar conduct is punishable with imprisonment and fine under relevant child protection laws,&quot; the statement read.</p><p>Last year, the Palace said transaction reports related to online sexual exploitation rose to 47,937 in 2020 from 19,000 in 2019 amid quarantine restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.</p><p>The government then directed the National Telecommunications Commission to impose sanctions on internet service providers “for failure to fulfill their duty” under the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong><br/> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1702413" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div class="iwantbar"> </div>

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'Horrifying': Hontiveros exposes YouTube channel grooming children for sex

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Jul 14, 2022 05:55 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 15, 2022 01:28 PM PHT

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