• What is the status of Cyber Bullying in the
Philippines?
• What helps in massive proliferation of Cyber
Bullying in the Philippines?
• How can we prevent Cyber bullying from
happening in our country?
FACT:
Philippines surprisingly has higher technology use
than other more developed ones in Asia. Seventy three
percent of teens have online social profiles as of 2010.
A Cartoon Network study showed 2/3 of Filipino
children owns a mobile phone, more than the children
in Australia and Taiwan. New Generations 2012
poll further revealed that eight out of ten (82 percent)
Filipino children access the Internet at least weekly
and over a third (37 percent) are daily Internet users.
• Cyberbullying here in the Philippines doesn’t
get much attention as there are no official
reported cases about it. But just because it
remains unreported doesn’t mean that it is not
happening. Interviews with the local high
school students here show that the youth are
aware that cyberbullying is a serious issue.
However, most of them do not know how to
react when faced with those kinds of
situations.
Cyber Bullying
among filipinos
• University of the Philippines Diliman
Sociology and Anthropology professor, Dr.
Virgilio Binghay, explained that the rampant
identity stealing and cyber-bullying is a form
of crab mentality.
Cyber Bullying
among filipinos
• Filipinos are not confrontational in nature and
because the online world offers a lot of avenues that
allow them to voice out hatred and discontent,
cyberbullying can strike anyone, anywhere and
anytime.
• Man, by nature, loves power and the sense of being
in control that’s why to satisfy their desire to spark
outrage and gain overnight fame, most people forget
that human emotions are also involved in this
vicious cycle of cyberbullying.
DO WE HAVE LAWS
ABOUT CYBER
BULLYING?
• Senate Bill 2796, entitled the "Cybercrime Prevention Act
of 2011," currently pending in the upper House. It was
proposed by Senator Edgardo Angara
-Voting 13-1, the Senate approved Senate Bill 2796 or
the
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. SB 2796
was authored by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile,
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada,
Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Edgardo Angara, Lito
Lapid, Manuel Villar, Miriam Defensor-Santiago,
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Ramon Bong Revilla Jr.
Senator Teofisto Guingona III voted against the
approval
of
the
bill.
Under SB 2796, cybercrime offenses would include:
-Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and
availability of computer data and systems (illegal
access, illegal interception, data interference, system
interference, cyber-squatting, misuse of devices)
-Computer-related
offenses
(computer-related
forgery, computer-related fraud)
-Content-related
offenses
(cybersex,
child
pornography,
unsolicited
commercial
communications, libel)
• Anti-Bullying School Policy Act (Senate Bill
no. 2677)
– Focusing more on the school environment,
Senator Santiago has made it clear that the main
goal of this bill is to promote awareness among
the school officials, parents and the young
students themselves that cyberbullying is a crime
in itself.
• school policies are restricting the use of
cellphones inside the classrooms.
• create boundaries and limitations to internet,
media and technology use.
• Anti-Cyber-Bullying Act of 2011 (Party-list,
AKO Bicol)
– The bill imposes a fine of not more than P100,000
or imprisonment of 6 months to six years, or both
to any person who commits a series of acts
directed towards another person that causes
substantial emotional distress through the use of
electronic devices.
• We have to make a stand.
“Cyberbullying affects many adolescents on a
daily basis and while it may be difficult to
stop, it is not impossible. Everyone can help
stop Cyberbullying by making other people,
especially the youth, aware about the real deal
on Cyberbullying”
references
• http://iloilonewstoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&vi
ew=article&id=9645:cyberbullying-internet-technology-andthe-filipino-child&catid=141:mommy-talk&Itemid=511
• http://travelman1971.hubpages.com/hub/Cyber-Bullying-AThreat-Everyone
• http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=5601
• http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2012/0130_prib1.asp
• http://opinionhub.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/cyberbullyingcrab-mentality-at-its-best/
• http://www.techwireasia.com/363/philippine-senate-approvescybercrime-prevention-act/
What have you learned
about our discussion?