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MANILA, Philippines – The Senate Women’s Committee has scheduled another hearing on Incidents of Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) in the country, allowing Facebook and other social media platforms to explain their policies and answer questions from the senators.
This, after Facebook earned the ire of several senators for its absence from a hearing Tuesday to address bills to strengthen laws against sexual abuse and exploitation of children online.
“Facebook is committed to attending the next anti-OSAEC hearing,” Senator Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, said in a statement Wednesday.
“We will convene an upcoming hearing to provide a platform for Facebook and other social networks to explain their side and open up to questions from lawmakers,” he added.
In a separate statement from Facebook Philippines emailed to INQUIRER.net, the social media platform said its policy team did not receive an official invitation to Tuesday’s hearing. This was confirmed by Hontiveros.
“We have heard your explanation that your policy team did not receive the invitation that was sent,” the senator said.
Zero tolerance
Meanwhile, Facebook Philippines said it has a zero tolerance policy for any behavior that exploits children, adding that it uses technology across all its platforms to proactively find and remove such content.
Additionally, the social media platform said it reports all cases of abuse to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
During Tuesday’s hearing, an official from the Department of Justice’s cybercrime office identified NCMEC as a non-profit organization authorized by US law to “receive reports of possible child sexual abuse and exploitation materials. of providers of electronic communication services “.
Facebook Philippines added that it trains and works extensively with law enforcement partners to combat the exploitation of children online.
It said it coordinates with the Cybercrime Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Center for the Protection of Women and Children and the National Bureau of Investigation, along with its foreign law enforcement partners and non-governmental organizations. , such as National Security Investigations, the International Justice Mission and others on cases of safety of women and children.
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