ANGELES CITY – San Fernando Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” David has lauded the efforts of a Pampanga solon to stop cybersex, a form of prostitution and pornography on the internet.
“It’s a welcome move to stop cybersex with the house bill. It’s a global problem. We need consolidated effort. Any move against cybersex is laudable,” said David, parish priest of the Holy Rosary Parish church here.
First District Rep. Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin recently filed House Bill 1444, or an act prohibiting cybersex.
Lazatin proposed that producer, financer, promoter and manager of cybersex operations would be punished with a penalty of not less than P.5 million but not more than P1 million and imprisonment ranging from 20 years to 30 years.
Performers and exhibitors of cybersex, on the other hand, will be penalized by not more than P250,000 and imprisonment ranging from three to six years.
“It is indeed upsetting that with the internet technology now made accessible to minors, the impact on the moral fiber of the society is unimaginable. Amidst of all these are the youth who are the heaviest users and primary audience of mass media,” Lazatin said.
“If left unrepressed, these obscene practices will impose their detrimental effects psychologically, morally and physically. Hence, there is an urgent need to intensify the campaign against cybersex given the numerous studies that point out to higher correlation of exposure to pornography, prostitution and incidence of sex crimes,” he added.
“With the proliferation of these operations, it is no longer bearable to regulate them on the basis of fairly loose guidelines, Unless rigid measures are founded against these abuses, society will bear the social costs since proliferation of obscene and pornographic materials and rampant exhibition of lewd shows in our midst have threatened the moral fibers or our society,” he said.
“It’s a welcome move to stop cybersex with the house bill. It’s a global problem. We need consolidated effort. Any move against cybersex is laudable,” said David, parish priest of the Holy Rosary Parish church here.
First District Rep. Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin recently filed House Bill 1444, or an act prohibiting cybersex.
Lazatin proposed that producer, financer, promoter and manager of cybersex operations would be punished with a penalty of not less than P.5 million but not more than P1 million and imprisonment ranging from 20 years to 30 years.
Performers and exhibitors of cybersex, on the other hand, will be penalized by not more than P250,000 and imprisonment ranging from three to six years.
“It is indeed upsetting that with the internet technology now made accessible to minors, the impact on the moral fiber of the society is unimaginable. Amidst of all these are the youth who are the heaviest users and primary audience of mass media,” Lazatin said.
“If left unrepressed, these obscene practices will impose their detrimental effects psychologically, morally and physically. Hence, there is an urgent need to intensify the campaign against cybersex given the numerous studies that point out to higher correlation of exposure to pornography, prostitution and incidence of sex crimes,” he added.
“With the proliferation of these operations, it is no longer bearable to regulate them on the basis of fairly loose guidelines, Unless rigid measures are founded against these abuses, society will bear the social costs since proliferation of obscene and pornographic materials and rampant exhibition of lewd shows in our midst have threatened the moral fibers or our society,” he said.
