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Hontiveros vows to intensify fight vs child sexual exploitation

Sen. Risa Hontiveros vows to intensify the fight against child sexual exploitation following the arrest of American fugitive Thomas Scheuer in Cebu.. Scheuer, wanted by the FBI for child sex crimes, had been hiding in the Philippines for more than 20 years and allegedly continued his abusive activities in Talisay City, Cebu. In response to a question from The Manila Times on whether her office had been monitoring Scheuer, Hontiveros said that they received a tip through an email from a concerned citizen, which prompted them to alert authorities. The senator linked the case to her campaign against technology-driven sexual abuse, including deepfake pornography.

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Transcript
00:00...developments yan, kahit sa panagaw ng Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality.
00:07Merong nagsumbong sa office ko, nag-email, at binigay niya yung location nitong si Thomas Scheuer.
00:18American pedophile siya, inaresto sa Talisay, Cebu.
00:22Ang Bureau of Immigration ang sinumbongan namin, ang binigyan namin ng impormasyon na in-eval sa amin.
00:30At salamat sa kanila, sila ang kumilos para arestuhin itong si Scheuer.
00:35And he's not alone, may naarestong isa pang suspected pedophile dito sa Cebu, inaresto si Stephen Lund.
00:44In the case of Scheuer, wanted na po siya sa Federal Bureau of Investigation sa United States para sa possession of child sexual abuse materials.
00:56Tumaka siya dito sa Pilipinas, dito siya nagtato for 25 years.
01:01Pag-alag-alag lang dito for 25 years.
01:03And, apparently, in that time, pati sa sarili niyang anak ay inabuso niya, binigtimang pa niya.
01:09At ito very alarming para sa Senate Committee on Women dahil sa panahunting ito, pinamunahan namin kahapon lang yung unang hearing dun sa paggamit ng AI
01:23at deepfakes para sa pag-produce at pag-kalat ng mga women and child pornographic materials.
01:31ng kwento personal na kwento, sina Queen Hera, tungkol sa anak niya, at saka si Miss Angel Aquino.
01:39Yung mga telegram kinawa na minanipulate yung photo ng anak ni Queen Hera para mag-produce through AI ng deepfake ng pornographic photograph.
01:52Si Miss Angel kinuha yung image niya, again, online.
01:56Bilang siya ay public person, again, minanipulate using AI to produce a pornographic video.
02:03So, naging napaka-maramdamin talaga yung hearing namin kahapon on the back of yung data na 95% of pornographic material
02:14ay binibigtima mga babae at saka mga bata.
02:19One good development na lumabas kahapon sa hearing, meron na pong National Deepfake Task Force
02:26at ito po ay binangungunahan ng Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center o CICC.
02:32So, ito, para po sa lahat ng audiences nyo, meron po silang hotline, hotline 1326.
02:38I repeat, 1326, kung biktima po ng deepfake o iba pang cybercrimes, online harm,
02:46huwag po silang matatakot na magreklamo, magreport ito.
02:50Kasabay po ng Deepfake National Task Force, binangunahan ng CICC,
02:57nandiyan pa rin yung DICT, na sabi po ng department kahapon,
03:01ini-implement lang nila yung 24-hour take-down protocol para sa mga illegal sites na iyan.
03:07At nagko-coordinate din daw sila sa mga social media platforms.
03:12Two of whom we had in the hearing yesterday, yung TikTok at saka online, ang Google.
03:18Ayon sa kanila, nag-e-employ na sila ng various means para panatilihin safe yung online communities nila.
03:26At sabi ng mga telecom firms, kahapon nandun din ang Globe, PLDT, at saka may isa pa,
03:33na sila daw ay kumikilos ng mabilis para i-block daw yung mga illegal sites.
03:40So lahat po ng mga resource persons around the table yesterday sabi talaga,
03:45kailangan kasi pumabol ang batas sa bilis ng development at pag-deploy ng mga teknolohiya.
03:52Laging may butas, pantas na nakikita kailangang punuin.
03:57And in this case, ang gusto punuin ng Senate Committee on Women ay yung Safe Spaces Act.
04:02Tulad ng mga protective measures na nailagay na namin sa anti-OSAE or Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children Law,
04:09ganun din ang mga gusto namin ipasok dito sa Safe Spaces Act.
04:13Kailang palawakin yung measures para pumunta sa mga bagong trends.
04:43Kindling map
04:54Kailang palawato
04:59Kailang palawato
05:03Dad
05:09Kailang palawato
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