We can’t believe we have to remind everyone to not share child pornography on social media—but there are some disgusting people out there.
Over the weekend, members of a certain Facebook trash talk group were accused of sharing pornography allegedly involving an underaged online personality. A concerned netizen shared an album of screenshots showing members offering and asking for the video file. This prompted feminist group End Rape Culture PH, among many others, to share the post and call on the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) to investigate.
“Kahit bored na bored kayo sa ECQ, wala kayong karapatang maging manyak at mang-abuso ng mga tao,” (Even if you’re bored during the ECQ, you have no right to prey on and abuse people) wrote the page.
The child pornography issue also trended on Twitter as anonymous accounts (most of them were created on April 2020) started sharing the video on the platform. Several netizens also called for the mass reporting of the accounts that are distributing the video.
The contents of the trash talk group may be reported as a violation of the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 (Republic Act 9995) and the Safe Spaces Act (Republic Act 11313). If it’s proven that the people in the video were minors, this could be in violation of the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 (Republic Act 10175), which states that distribution and willfully accessing any form of child pornography can be punishable with jail time of 20 to 40 years and a fine of up to P5 million.
If you believe any of your rights may have been violated by the members of this group or its contents, you may report the group to Facebook for the violation of the terms and conditions. You can also report the Facebook group and profiles involved to a cybercrime unit.
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