The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9775 otherwise known as the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 was formally signed by the members of the Inter-Agency Council Against Chid Pornography (IACACP) in a ceremony held at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Auditorium, IBP Road, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City last June 22, 2010. IACACP is established by the law and primarily tasked to coordinate, monitor and oversee the implementation of the Act with the DSWD Secretary as the Chairperson of the Council. [...]
After one postponement last April 20th, the public hearing on the draft rules for web filtering went on last Thursday, April 20, 2010. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the agency tasked to promulgate the implementing rules and regulations for Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, conducted the public hearing with representatives from the telephone companies (telcos), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the i-café industry in attendance. The meeting was the first public hearing on the matter of setting the rules on how to do the internet filtering by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), detection of online child pornography activities and preservation of evidence for violations of the [...]
This article is an offshoot of a special report at Manila Times.net published Sunday, 24 January 2010 00:00 entitled Internet cafés question law’s provisions. The term “law” in the news refers to Republic Act No. 9775 otherwise known as the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 where Section 9 mandates all Internet service providers to install available technology, program or software to ensure that access to or transmittal of any form [...]
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