Child pornography present in urban, rural areas

[Forgotten-Isle]

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this is just makes people aware that these people have gone far. The government should take act to this. Children are already involved.

Every Parent could do only so much. Guiding their children and to discipline them. What they do outside their eye sight cannot be controlled by the parents. Also poverty may add to the demand of this acts in places we least expect. Because of the increasing need of money, "Kapit sa patalim" in filipino is being practiced.

[yankee1264]

Sun Star Cebu
Monday, September 08, 2008
Anti-child porn alliance focuses on parents

MOST child pornography cases involve parents who sell their children to recruiters to earn money, the Anti-Child Pornography Alliance (Acap) said.

Payment is very cheap, with families that live in urban areas who badly need money usually giving consent for lewd pictures to be taken of their children for less than P100.

In most cases, the Acap said, a child earns just P5 or P10 for posing nude in front of the camera.

What is worse, said Acap-National’s Arlene Brosas, is that both the parents and the children do not know what is really going on. “They just badly need the money, they do not see anything wrong with that,” she said.

This mostly happens in urban areas where poverty is widespread. “And you would never expect that in those areas there are Internet cafes or that child pornography happens there,” added Broses.

She said culprits usually operate in two locations, which is either at home using a personal computer or in Internet cafes.

Dr. Leny Ocasiones of Acap-Cebu also said that though Internet cafes are public places, there are cases of children being made to pose in front of web cameras there.

“Of course it’s not impossible. What about the Internet cafes that have cubicles and private rooms? That’s where they mostly operate,” she said.

No excuses

Brosas said that while parents might need money, gaining profit by having their children pose nude or scantily dressed in front of the camera is inexcusable.

“Parents might think there is nothing wrong, but there is. There is an obvious problem in their values,” she said.

To address the growing problem, the Acap is promoting anti-child pornography in schools and the community.

At the same time, the organization is pressuring national legislators to pass a law against child pornography.

“This is for people to be aware of what is really going on so that they can protect their children,” said Brosas.

“The child might not know now what is going on, but once they do, the effects are drastic. It affects the morality of the child. And it gives the child low self-esteem,” said Ocasiones.

Acap provides counseling to victimized children to make their reintegration into the community easier.

Here in Cebu, it will conduct a study to get baseline data on child pornography practices.

The data will be used to support the campaign for the speedy passage of the anti-child pornography

[lecreigh]

tsk9.. kaluoy pud ani nga mga bata oi...
lisod nman jud ang panahon karon gud.. samot pa jud naa mga taw mo take advantage sa pagka inosente aning mga bat-ana. hais! unsaon nlang jud. Ü

[mo0nstar88]

parents can blame for this... dili na wala silay labot ani or another victim... they would be blame!

dili ang kalisod ang reason para mawala ang moralidad.

[vanguard]

This is very old news and issue and with the current quality of living that we have right now in the Philippines, this will continue in more years to come. So why put the blame and point fingers to the parents? As long as these recruiters exist, pornography will always exist. Some parents will always find ways to get by day to day even to the point of selling their selves or worst their children. So as long as these opportunities exist, some parents will always bite it.

So cut and go after the recruiters, not the parents.

[mo0nstar88]

even do recruiters don't exist... there are parents that find ways in order to have this kind of work for there children.

[2001orangess]

sad sad story... when people are desperate, they will do almost anything.

[DEMONOCIETY]

Oh how pity! ang ginikanan pa mounay ug baligya sa ilang anak. mypag wa cla maghimo ug bata kung mao ng storyaha looy ang bata. kuyaw ang bata inig kadako ani rebelde jud ni unayon cla ani.

[stampAcrete]

na pugos ra na tungod sa money. even the parents kay ma tintal sa money

[onji]

this is very... disturbing. if i should have kids in the future, im not letting them out of my sight. Daghan na jud mga manyak karn...