THE government recently blocked access to pornographic websites pursuant to the Anti-Child Pornography Act or Republic Act 9775. Based on the law, pornographic websites with child pornography materials shall be blocked from access of users.
Under the same law, the Internet Service Providers actually have the duty to notify the Philippine National Police or the National Bureau of Investigation within seven (7) days from the time they obtained information that any form of child pornography is being committed using its server or facility.
The National Telecommunications Commission issued a memorandum pursuant to R.A. 9775. Under the memorandum, the NTC shall provide a list of the identified pornographic websites to all the Internet Service Providers for immediate blocking.
The Internet Service Providers are directed to:
Violations shall be subject to fines and other penalties in accordance with law.