President Duterte severely dislikes the propagation of porn sites as these have been used by several individuals to access explicit entertainment, according to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar.
Andanar on Sunday said that the porn sites should be banned because “these are being used by pedophiles and other people who subscribe and other individuals who subscribe to child pornography websites.”
“What is important is that the President do not like these pornographic videos on the Internet,” Andanar said before the launching of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2017 chairmanship at SMX Convention Center in Lanang.
He noted that Duterte has also disliked such unlawful activity despite the President being criticized for his sexist remarks during the election campaign.
Andanar pointed out that child pornography is a crime and the government “does not want the youth – and even adults – to be addicted to those videos shown on the Internet.”
Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella told Edge Davao on Sunday that there is a law regarding child pornography that those websites are violating, which is Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Law.
Abella noted that it was the decision of both Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to bar access to explicit-theme Internet sites.
“The main point of banning pornography sites is to address the issue on child pornography,” Abella said.
It can be recalled that an explicit-themed site disclosed that Filipinos were the top viewers of that particular website – spending an average of 12 minutes and 45 seconds in watching pornographic films.
Several netizens who want to visit the famous pornographic sites on Saturday were surprised that they were prohibited from accessing such.
DOJ Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said in a chance interview on Sunday that an anti-child pornography council which regularly monitors the sites had been recommending National Telecommunications Center (NTC) to shut down those websites.
“That committee recommended to the NTC to block the sites,” he said.
