Olongapo Telecom & Information Technology

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Cybersex addicts target ng bubuuing House bill

By: Ryan Ponce Pacpaco - Journal
BINUBUO na ng mga kongresista ang isang panukalang batas na magpapataw ng mabigat na parusa hindi lamang sa operator ng “cybersex,” kundi maging sa mga kababaihan at kalalakihan na mahilig “magpaligaya” sa sex online sa pamamagitan ng Internet matapos masangkot sa ganitong aktibidad ang 212,257 Pilipino.

Sa panayam, sinabi ni Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, dating komisyuner ng National Telecommunication Commission (NTC), na inaayos na nila ang draft ng panukalang batas katuwang ang ibang kongresista.

Bagama’t pinag-uusapan pa ang parusa, sinabi ni Santiago na mahalagang patawan rin ng parusa ang mga nahihilig habang sasailalim sa konsultasyon ang kaso ng mga biktima na puwersahang pinagta-trabaho ng mga sindikato sa cybersex.

“Isasama na natin sa mga parusa maging ang customers para masupil ito,” ani Santiago.

Nanindigan si Santiago na lalong lalala ang suliranin ng bansa sa cybersex dahil sa kakulangan ng batas laban dito kung saan paglabag lamang ng anti-pornography law ang umiiral at ibang mahihinang batas.

“We are now helping drafting a bill that would provide a more stiffer penalty against cybersex,” ani Santiago.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Osmeña wants NTC to regulate texting

FORMER Senator John Osmeña, principal author of R.A. 7925 that ushered in the widespread use of cellular phones, filed a petition to compel the National Telecommunication Commission to issue an order defining short messaging service to regulate cellphone texting.

Osmeña, a senatorial bet of the Genuine Opposition, filed the petition after the NTC failed to impose sanctions on a major mobile company for defying the agency’s order to reinstate its old promo for text pricing.

Osmeña’s petition gives impetus to the Supreme Court ruling of July 26, 2004 mandating the agency to issue a memorandum order before it can regulate text messaging.

The effect of the legal provision is to lower the cost of texting or even make it free, Osmeña said.

He said that at present, phone companies can increase their text messaging fees at will. He asked the Court of Appeals to order NTC to implement R.A. 7925 or the Public Telecommunication Policy Act of 1995, especially the prohibition of cross subsidies between a telephone company and its mobile provider