In the Philippines, where Catholicism reigns and talking about sex is almost taboo, the sexual exploitation of children on the internet happens far too often. The country is now known for being the number one source of child sexual exploitation videos and images.

And COVID-19 is not helping. Children have been stuck in their homes, making them even more vulnerable to abuse.

The Duterte government has expressed concern and vowed in January that they would go after OSEC (online sexual exploitation of children) perpetrators. They have their work cut out for them -- OSEC could not have proliferated to such a degree if not for deep-rooted poverty in the country. This, coupled with Pinoys’ fluency in English, makes it hard to eradicate the sexual abuse of children.

As Coconuts has learned in this months-long research, the Philippines cannot act alone -- if it intends to win the war against pedophiles, it badly needs the help of foreign governments and tech companies to go after the men and women who prey on vulnerable children.

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