Gov’t to bar ISPs with no pornography blocking
In a program aimed at providing internet access to 5,000 high schools by 2010, the government will not work with internet service providers (ISPs) that cannot block pornographic websites.
Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) commissioner Damian Domingo O. Mapa said the government would exclude ISPs in the program if they could not bar 3,000 pornography sites created everyday from their networks.
Mr. Mapa said that the CICT expects 1.5 million students from public high schools to use the Internet five years from now.
He made this statement in reaction to an advocacy by Fr. Shay Cullen to curb pornography in the country.
Fr. Cullen of the People's Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance (PREDA) said that ISPs and even the telecommunications companies should be accountable for the content that goes through their network.
Fr. Cullen said that PREDA alone has identified thousands of newly created websites everyday with varying degrees of child pornography.
Unfortunately, Fr. Shay said that users would still have to pay ISPs about $50 in blocking fees.
There are 53 ISPs registered with the National Telecommunication Commission as of May 2004.
On the part of the ISPs, the head of the country’s first commercial ISP, Mosaic Communications, said that to date there are no binding regulations that prompt ISPs to block websites that feature gross sexual acts against children, some of whom are Filipinos.
Mozcom president William T. Torres said in an interview Friday that individual ISPs are left to decide on whether or not to block numerous pornography websites, which can generate income from ISPs through increased network use by customers.
“Mozcom for one has a blocking system and so do many ISPs in the Philippines. But we are not sure of the others because we and even the government cannot intrude into their systems,” Mr. Torres said.
A proposed Cybercrime Bill is expected to penalize sexual abuses spread through the internet. The bill however has already undergone 10 revisions but is still pending with the House of Representatives.
“There is no opposition to the bill but it is not yet a priority in the Congress,” said Albert P. Dela Cruz, former Information Technology and E-Commerce Council security subcommittee co-chair and one of the advocates of the Cybercrime Bill. -- Kerlyn G. Bautista
Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) commissioner Damian Domingo O. Mapa said the government would exclude ISPs in the program if they could not bar 3,000 pornography sites created everyday from their networks.
Mr. Mapa said that the CICT expects 1.5 million students from public high schools to use the Internet five years from now.
He made this statement in reaction to an advocacy by Fr. Shay Cullen to curb pornography in the country.
Fr. Cullen of the People's Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance (PREDA) said that ISPs and even the telecommunications companies should be accountable for the content that goes through their network.
Fr. Cullen said that PREDA alone has identified thousands of newly created websites everyday with varying degrees of child pornography.
Unfortunately, Fr. Shay said that users would still have to pay ISPs about $50 in blocking fees.
There are 53 ISPs registered with the National Telecommunication Commission as of May 2004.
On the part of the ISPs, the head of the country’s first commercial ISP, Mosaic Communications, said that to date there are no binding regulations that prompt ISPs to block websites that feature gross sexual acts against children, some of whom are Filipinos.
Mozcom president William T. Torres said in an interview Friday that individual ISPs are left to decide on whether or not to block numerous pornography websites, which can generate income from ISPs through increased network use by customers.
“Mozcom for one has a blocking system and so do many ISPs in the Philippines. But we are not sure of the others because we and even the government cannot intrude into their systems,” Mr. Torres said.
A proposed Cybercrime Bill is expected to penalize sexual abuses spread through the internet. The bill however has already undergone 10 revisions but is still pending with the House of Representatives.
“There is no opposition to the bill but it is not yet a priority in the Congress,” said Albert P. Dela Cruz, former Information Technology and E-Commerce Council security subcommittee co-chair and one of the advocates of the Cybercrime Bill. -- Kerlyn G. Bautista
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