BY SHAY CULLEN
HUMAN trafficking is the greatest evil that falls upon the poor, ignorant and vulnerable children that are groomed, lured and brain-washed by corrupt adults into believing that the high life of money, sex and drugs is the greatest trip they could have.
They see the high life in the movies, on the internet, hear about it from friends, and pimps and human traffickers are patrolling Facebook looking for vulnerable children to sell for sex abuse to pedophiles and child sex abusers.
The badly controlled Facebook is a grave danger to children and adults. It and other internet platforms can lure them to abuse children and enable human trafficking. The Internet service providers (ISPs) operated by telecommunication corporations in the Philippines like PLDT, Smart, Globe and Dito are to be held responsible. They allow the free passage of child sexual abuse materials by which the minds and hearts of children and adults are corrupted. The child sexual abuse images entice the pedophiles to go out and sexually abuse children.
That is at the heart of the crime of child sexual abuse. They flout Philippine law (Republic Act 9775) which mandates them to install blocking software. They don’t and as a result, children are groomed and abused online and off it.
Apple Corporation has said it has software that will detect child sexual abuse materials on their iPhones. They can detect it, block it and report the abusers who collect them. The ISPs should have similar technology. Microsoft has similar technology and is doing good, saving and protecting children.
However, there is opposition to this by others who claim governments could use the technology for surveillance. That is untrue. Apple can guard the technology for its own use only, which is the greater good that we must choose.
Here is a true story of human trafficking and child abuse by so-called rescuers of trafficked children that happened recently. It all started on Facebook where uncontrolled communication is a hunting ground for pedophiles and child sex abusers. Here, children are vulnerable to grooming and brainwashing and are easily lured into “falling in love” with anyone that says they like them and admire them.
That was how Lisa, 13, and Josie, 15, (not real names) happened to view sexually explicit images and become interested in having sexual experiences.
Lisa, 13, was contacted by her older sister Anna and her friend Josie, 15. Monica is a human trafficker that offered them a chance to have sex with customers and earn money and buy drugs and gadgets.
Lisa was already conditioned by viewing child sexual abuse materials and chatting with sex partners online, thanks to the uncontrolled internet. She decided to go with Anna and Josie and meet Monica and the men to set up a sex party and meet rich foreign customers.
The planning meeting was in Rico’s Restaurant and was arranged by the human trafficker Monica. (To be continued)/PN
