Police say it will be difficult to bait the user behind the YouTube channel 'Usapang Diskarte' since his account and abusive materials have been taken down.
MANILA, Philippines – A YouTuber flagged for encouraging grooming minors continues to evade the authorities’ operations, the Philippine National Police Anti-cybercrime Group said on Thursday, July 21.
Police Lieutenant Michelle Sabino, spokesperson of the PNP ACG, told Rappler that even before YouTuber “Usapang Diskarte” became viral, they were already monitoring his channel. However, before the police unit was able to engage the predator, his channel was already turned down. Now after they found this out, siyempre ni-refer natin sa cyber security, and then sa women and children cybercrime protection unit natin.
Based on the data of the PNP ACG, their unit recorded a total of 137 cases of sexual-related child abuse committed on cyberspace from 2019 to June 30, 2022. In the same time period, they also recorded 56 cases of gender-based online sexual harassment, and 120 cases of child pornography.over Usapang Diskarte which created content on seducing minors and objectifying women.
In one video called “Paano Maka Iy*t ng Bata ,” the content creator gave advice to aspiring predators to be patient with children they were grooming.Huwag kayong magmadali. Lalo na, bata ’yan, medyo ingat dapat tayo diyan. ’Wag lang basta-basta titira ng bata. Ano ’yan eh, illegal ’yunThese horrifying photos tell us what we already knew: that an Anti-Online Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of Children law is absolutely and urgently needed.
I call on the executive to sign the Anti-OSAEC law now. Our children need the full power & protection of this measure.
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