Legal basis

1. CHILD ONLINE
PROTECTION
SAN JUAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SAN ANTONIO-ANNEX
SALIE S. CATUNGAL, LPT, MAED
Teacher II

2. Legal
Basis
Today’s Topic
Anti-child Pornography Law
Anti-Trafficking Law
Cybercrime Prevention Act
Anti-Bullying Law DepEd

3. REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 9775
“ANTI-CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY
ACT OF 2009.”
NOVEMBER17,2009
AN ACT DEFINING
THE CRIME OF
CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY,
PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES
THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

4. Section 2. Declaration of Policy.
The State recognizes the vital role of the youth
in nation building and shall promote and
protect their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual, emotional, psychological and social
well-being.

5. Towards this end, the State shall:
(a) Guarantee the fundamental rights of every child from all forms of
neglect, cruelty and other conditions prejudicial to his/her development;
(b) Protect every child from all forms of exploitation and abuse,but not
limited to:
(1) the use of a child in pornographic performances and materials; and
(2) the inducement or coercion of a child to engage or be involved in
pornography through whatever means; and

6. ◦c) Comply with international treaties to which the
Philippines is a signatory or a State party concerning the
rights of children which include, but not limited to, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of
the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and
Child Pornography, the International Labor Organization
(ILO) Convention No.182 on the Elimination of the
Worst Forms of Child Labor and the Convention Against
Transnational Organized Crime.

7. Section 3. Definition of Terms.
(a) “Child” refers to a person
below eighteen (18) years of age or
over but is unable to fully take care
of himself/herself from abuse,
neglect, cruelty, exploitation or
discrimination because of a
physical or mental disability or
condition.–
(b) “Child pornography” refers to
any representation, whether visual,
audio, or written combination
thereof, by electronic, mechanical,
digital, optical, magnetic or any
other means, of child engaged or
involved in real or simulated explicit
sexual activities.
(c) “Explicit Sexual Activity”
includes actual or simulated
(d) “Internet address” refers to a
website, bulletin board service,
internet chat room or news group,
or any other internet or shared
network protocol address.
(e) “Internet cafe or kiosk” refers
to an establishment that offers or
proposes to offer services to the
public for the use of its
computer/s or computer system for
the purpose of accessing the
internet, computer games or related
services.
(f) “Internet content host” refers
to a person who hosts or who
proposes to host internet content in
the Philippines.

8. Section 3. Definition of Terms.
(j) “Pandering” refers to the act of
offering, advertising, promoting,
representing or distributing through any
means any material or purported
material that is intended to cause
another to believe that the material or
purported material contains any form of
child pornography, regardless of the
actual content of the material or
purported material.
(k) “Person” refers to any
natural or juridical entity.

9. Section 5. Syndicated Child Pornography
◦The crime of child pornography is deemed
committed by a syndicate if carried out by a
group of three (3) or more persons conspiring
or confederating with one another and shall be
punished under Section 15(a) of this Act.

10. Section 6. Who May File a Complaint
(a) Offended party; (b) Parents or guardians;
(c) Ascendant or
collateral relative within
the third degree of
consanguinity;
(d) Officer, social
worker or representative
of a licensed child-
caring institution;
(e) Officer or social
worker of the
Department of Social
Welfare and
Development (DSWD);
(f) Local social welfare
development officer;
(g) Barangay chairman;
(h) Any law
enforcement officer;
(i) At least three (3)
concerned responsible
citizens residing in the
place where the
violation occurred; or
(j) Any person who has
personal knowledge of
the circumstances of the
commission of any
offense under this Act.

11. Section 9. Duties of an Internet Service
Provider (ISP).
◦All internet service providers (ISPs) shall notify the Philippine
National Police (PNP) or the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
within seven (7) days from obtaining facts and circumstances that any
form of child pornography is being committed using its server or
facility. Nothing in this section may be construed to require an ISP to
engage in the monitoring of any user, subscriber or customer, or the
content of any communication of any such person: Provided, That no
ISP shall be held civilly liable for damages on account of any notice
given in good faith in compliance with this section.

12. Section 14. Care, Custody and Treatment
of a Child Victim.
The DSWD shall ensure that the child who is a victim of any form of child pornography is provided
appropriate care, custody and support for their recovery and reintegration in accordance with existing laws.
The child and his family shall be entitled to protection as well as to the rights and benefits of witnesses under
Republic Act No. 6981, otherwise known as “The Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act”.
The child shall also be considered as a victim of a violent crime defined under Section 3(d) of Republic Act
No. 7309, otherwise known as “An Act Creating a Board of Claims under the Department of Justice for
Victims of Unjust Imprisonment or Detention and Victims of Violent Crimes and for Other
Purposes”, so that the child may claim compensation therein.

13. Section 15. Penalties and Sanctions.
◦(a) Any person found guilty of syndicated child
pornography as defined in Section 5 of this Act shall
suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and a fine
of not less than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00)
but not more than Five million pesos
(Php5,000,000.00);

14. Section 18.
Mandatory
Services to
Victims of
Child
Pornography.
(a) Emergency shelter or appropriate housing;
(b) Counseling;
(c) Free legal services, which shall include information about the victim’s
rights and the procedure for filing of complaints, claims for compensation and
such other legal remedies available to them in a language understood by the
child;
(d) Medical or psychological services;
(e) Livelihood and skills training; and
(f) Educational assistance.

15. REPUBLIC
ACT No. 9208
"Anti-
Trafficking in
Persons Act
of 2003".
May 26, 2003
◦An act to institute policies to
eliminate trafficking in
persons especially women
and children, establishing the
necessary institutional
mechanisms for the
protection and support of
trafficked persons, providing
penalties for its violations,

17. (a) Trafficking in Persons
◦ refers to the recruitment, transportation, transfer or harboring, or
receipt of persons with or without the victim's consent or
knowledge, within or across national borders by means of threat
or use of force, or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud,
deception, abuse of power or of position, taking advantage of the
vulnerability of the person, or, the giving or receiving of payments
or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over
another person for the purpose of exploitation which includes at a
minimum, the exploitation or the prostitution of others or other
forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery,
servitude or the removal or sale of organs.

18. Section 6. Qualified Trafficking in
Persons.
(a) When the trafficked
person is a child;
(b) When the adoption is effected
through Republic Act No. 8043,
otherwise known as the "Inter-
Country Adoption Act of 1995"
and said adoption is for the
purpose of prostitution,
pornography, sexual exploitation,
forced labor, slavery, involuntary
servitude or debt bondage;
(c) When the crime is committed
by a syndicate, or in large scale.
Trafficking is deemed committed
by a syndicate if carried out by a
group of three (3) or more persons
conspiring or confederating with
one another. It is deemed
committed in large scale if
committed against three (3) or
more persons, individually or as a
group;
(d) When the offender is an ascendant, parent, sibling, guardian
or a person who exercises authority over the trafficked person or
when the offense is committed by a public officer or employee;

19. Section 6.
Qualified
Trafficking
in Persons.
(e) When the trafficked person is recruited to engage
in prostitution with any member of the military or
law enforcement agencies;
(f) When the offender is a member of the military or
law enforcement agencies; and
(g) When by reason or on occasion of the act of trafficking in
persons, the offended party dies, becomes insane, suffers
mutilation or is afflicted with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

20. Section 10. Penalties and Sanctions.
◦(a) Any person found guilty of committing any of the acts
enumerated in Section 4 shall suffer the penalty of
imprisonment of twenty (20) years and a fine of not less
than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) but not more than
Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00);

21. Section 16. Programs that Address
Trafficking in Persons.
The government shall
establish and implement
preventive, protective and
rehabilitative programs for
trafficked persons.
(a) Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA)
(b) Department of Social
Welfare and Development
(DSWD)
(c) Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE)
(d) Department of Justice
(DOJ)
(e) National Commission
on the Role of Filipino
Women (NCRFW)
(f) Bureau of Immigration
(BI)
(g) Philippine National
Police (PNP)
(h) Philippine Overseas
Employment
Administration (POEA)
(i) Department of the
Interior and Local
Government (DILG)
(j) Local government units
(LGUs)

22. Section 17. Legal Protection to Trafficked
Persons.
◦Trafficked persons shall be recognized as victims of the act or acts
of trafficking and as such shall not be penalized for crimes directly
related to the acts of trafficking enumerated in this Act or in
obedience to the order made by the trafficker in relation thereto.
In this regard, the consent of a trafficked person to the intended
exploitation set forth in this Act shall be irrelevant.

23. Section 23. Mandatory Services to
Trafficked Persons.
◦ (a) Emergency shelter or appropriate housing;
◦ (b) Counseling;
◦ (c) Free legal services which shall include information about the victims' rights and the
procedure for filing complaints, claiming compensation and such other legal remedies
available to them, in a language understood by the trafficked person;
◦ (d) Medical or psychological services;
◦ (e) Livelihood and skills training; and
◦ (f) Educational assistance to a trafficked child.

24. Republic Act No. 10175
“Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012”
September 12, 2012
◦AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR
THE PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION
AND THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

26. SEC. 4. Cybercrime Offenses.
(a) Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems:
(1) Illegal Access.
(2) Illegal Interception.
(3) Data Interference
(4) System Interference.
(5) Misuse of Devices.
(6) Cyber-squatting

27. SEC. 4.
Cybercrime
Offenses.
(b) Computer-related Offenses:
(1) Computer-related Forgery.
(2) Computer-related Fraud.
(3) Computer-related Identity
Theft.

28. SEC. 4. Cybercrime Offenses.
(c) Content-
related Offenses:
(1) Cybersex.
(2) Child
Pornography
(3) Unsolicited
Commercial
Communications.
(4) Libel.

29. SECTION 8-PENALTIES
◦Any person found guilty of any of the punishable acts
enumerated in Sections 4(a) and 4(b) of this Act shall be
punished with imprisonment of prision mayor or a fine
of at least Two hundred thousand pesos (PhP200,000.00)
up to a maximum amount commensurate to the damage
incurred or both.

30. SEC. 9. Corporate Liability.
◦ When any of the punishable acts herein defined are
knowingly committed on behalf of or for the benefit of a
juridical person, by a natural person acting either
individually or as part of an organ of the juridical person,
who has a leading position within, based on: (a) a power of
representation of the juridical person provided the act
committed falls within the scope of such authority; (b) an
authority to take decisions on behalf of the juridical person:
Provided, That the act committed falls within the scope of
such authority; or (c) an authority to exercise control within
the juridical person, the juridical person shall be held liable
for a fine equivalent to at least double the fines imposable in
Section 7 up to a maximum of Ten million pesos
(PhP10,000,000.00).

31. NARANASAN MO
NA BANG
MABULLY,
MAMBULLY O
MAGTANGGOL SA
MGA NABUBULLY?

32. Republic Act No. 10627
“Anti-Bullying Act of 2013”
September 12, 2013
◦AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO ADOPT POLICIES TO
PREVENT AND ADDRESS THE ACTS OF
BULLYING IN THEIR INSTITUTIONS

34. SEC. 2. Acts of Bullying.
◦ For purposes of this Act, “bullying” shall refer to any severe or repeated
use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic
expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof,
directed at another student that has the effect of actually causing or
placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or
damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the
other student; infringing on the rights of the other student at school; or
materially and substantially disrupting the education process or the
orderly operation of a school; such as, but not limited to, the following:

35. Acts of Bullying.
a. Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim like punching, pushing, shoving,
kicking, slapping, tickling, headlocks, inflicting school pranks, teasing, fighting and the use of
available objects as weapons;
b. Any act that causes damage to a victim’s psyche and/or emotional well-being;
c. Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue emotional distress like
directing foul language or profanity at the target, name-calling, tormenting and commenting
negatively on victim’s looks, clothes and body; and
d. Cyber-bullying or any bullying done through the use of technology or any electronic means.

36. SEC. 3. Adoption of Anti-Bullying
Policies
◦All elementary and secondary schools are hereby
directed to adopt policies to address the
existence of bullying in their respective
institutions. Such policies shall be regularly
updated and, at a minimum, shall include
provisions which:

37. (a) Prohibit the following acts:
(1) Bullying on school grounds; property immediately adjacent to school grounds; at school-sponsored or
school-related activities, functions or programs whether on or off school grounds; at school bus stops; on
school buses or other vehicles owned, leased or used by a school; or through the use of technology or an
electronic device owned, leased or used by a school;
(2) Bullying at a location, activity, function or program that is not school-related and through the use of
technology or an electronic device that is not owned, leased or used by a school if the act or acts in question
create a hostile environment at school for the victim, infringe on the rights of the victim at school, or
materially and substantially disrupt the education process or the orderly operation of a school; and
(3) Retaliation against a person who reports bullying, who provides information during an investigation of
bullying, or who is a witness to or has reliable information about bullying;

38. ◦(b) Identify the range of disciplinary administrative
actions that may be taken against a perpetrator for
bullying or retaliation which shall be commensurate with
the nature and gravity of the offense: Provided, That, in
addition to the disciplinary sanctions imposed upon a
perpetrator of bullying or retaliation, he/she shall also be
required to undergo a rehabilitation program which shall
be administered by the institution concerned. The parents
of the said perpetrator shall be encouraged by the said
institution to join the rehabilitation program;

39. (c) Establish clear procedures and strategies
for:
(1) Reporting
acts of bullying
or retaliation;
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(2) Responding
promptly to and
investigating
reports of
bullying or
retaliation;
02
(3) Restoring a
sense of safety
for a victim and
assessing the
student’s need
for protection;
03
(4) Protecting from
bullying or retaliation
of a person who
reports acts of
bullying, provides
information during an
investigation of
bullying, or is witness
to or has reliable
information about an
act of bullying; and
04
(5) Providing counseling
or referral to
appropriate services for
perpetrators, victims and
appropriate family
members of said
students;
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40. (d) Enable students to anonymously
report bullying or retaliation: Provided,
however, That no disciplinary
administrative action shall be taken
against a perpetrator solely on the basis
of an anonymous report;
(e) Subject a student who knowingly
makes a false accusation of bullying to
disciplinary administrative action;
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41. (f) Educate students on the dynamics
of bullying, the anti-bullying policies
of the school as well as the
mechanisms of such school for the
anonymous reporting of acts of
bullying or retaliation;
(g) Educate parents and guardians
about the dynamics of bullying, the
anti-bullying policies of the school
and how parents and guardians can
provide support and reinforce such
policies at home; and

42. ◦(h) Maintain a public record of relevant information
and statistics on acts of bullying or retaliation in
school: Provided, That the names of students who
committed acts of bullying or retaliation shall be
strictly confidential and only made available to the
school administration, teachers directly responsible for
the said students and parents or guardians of students
who are or have been victims of acts of bullying or
retaliation.

43. All elementary and secondary schools shall
provide students and their parents or guardians a
copy of the anti-bullying policies being adopted by
the school. Such policies shall likewise be included
in the school’s student and/or employee
handbook and shall be conspicuously posted on
the school walls and website, if there is any.
The Department of Education (DepED) shall
include in its training programs, courses or
activities which shall provide opportunities for
school administrators, teachers and other
employees to develop their knowledge and skills in
preventing or responding to any bullying act.
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44. SEC. 4.
Mechanisms
to Address
Bullying.
The school principal or any person who holds a comparable role shall be
responsible for the implementation and oversight of policies intended to address
bullying.
Upon receipt of such a report, the school principal or the designated school
officer or person shall promptly investigate. If it is determined that bullying or
retaliation has occurred, the school principal or the designated school officer or
person shall:
(a) Notify the law enforcement agency if the school principal or designee believes
that criminal charges under the Revised Penal Code may be pursued against the
perpetrator;
(b) Take appropriate disciplinary administrative action;
(c) Notify the parents or guardians of the perpetrator; and
(d) Notify the parents or guardians of the victim regarding the action taken to
prevent any further acts of bullying or retaliation.

45. ◦If an incident of bullying or retaliation
involves students from more than one
school, the school first informed of the
bullying or retaliation shall promptly
notify the appropriate administrator of
the other school so that both may take
appropriate action.

46. SEC. 5. Reporting Requirement.
◦All schools shall inform their respective schools division
superintendents in writing about the anti-bullying
policies formulated within six (6) months from the
effectivity of this Act. Such notification shall likewise be
an administrative requirement prior to the operation of
new schools.

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Robert E. Lee
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48. References
Online sources
◦ www.officialgazette.gov.ph
◦ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anti-bullying+act+of+2013
◦ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cybercrime+prevention+act+of+2012+tagalo
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