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Cybercrime has increased exponentially with the growth of technology. The Philippine government passed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 to define and punish cybercrimes such as cybersquatting, cybersex, child pornography, and identity theft. However, cybercrime continues to rise in the Philippines, with the Philippine National Police reporting over 1,200 cybercrime complaints between 2013-2015. Common cybercrimes include online scams, libel, threats, identity theft, and photo/video voyeurism. Experts note that stronger laws and law enforcement cooperation are needed both domestically and internationally to address the growing issue of cybercrime.

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Cybercrime has increased exponentially with the growth of technology. The Philippine government passed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 to define and punish cybercrimes such as cybersquatting, cybersex, child pornography, and identity theft. However, cybercrime continues to rise in the Philippines, with the Philippine National Police reporting over 1,200 cybercrime complaints between 2013-2015. Common cybercrimes include online scams, libel, threats, identity theft, and photo/video voyeurism. Experts note that stronger laws and law enforcement cooperation are needed both domestically and internationally to address the growing issue of cybercrime.

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The rate of cybercrimes has grown exponentially and is consistent with the
growth of technology. As technology expands and develops, so do the cybercrimes that
are committed. Cybercrime refers to any and all illegal activities carried out using
technology. With regards to this, a bill was passed to acknowledge and fully punish
those people behind cybercrime activities. The Republic Act No. 10175 or the
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 was approved and made a law last September 12,
2012. It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in
the Philippines. Among the cybercrime offenses included in the bill are cybersquatting,
cybersex, child pornography, identity theft, illegal access to data and libel. Aside from
this, the Philippine National Police (PNP) activate its newly organized National
Operational Support Unit (NOSU), the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) last March 20,
2013 to fully focus on cybercrime offenses, computer-related offenses, and other
content-related offenses such as cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited commercial
communication, and other related offenses. Even though the law was passed and the
PNP created the ACG, we cannot deny that as technology has improved the crimes
related to it have increased significantly. Moreover, the GMA News reported last August
27, 2015 that the PNP ACG presented a total of 1,211 cybercrime complaints that took
place from 2013-2015. The top five complaints received were online scams (366),
online libel (240), online threats (129), identity theft (127), and photo and video
voyeurism (89).

Cybercrime is not limited in happening in the Philippines because it was indicated


from a study conducted by Sosa (2009) which is entitled The Criminal Justice Response
to Cybercrime Course, it was found out that Cybercrime is one of the fastest growing
non-violent crimes in the Asian region. It takes a great deal of technical expertise and
co-operation, both local and foreign, in order to address such problems. This crime
affects different countries in varying degrees, depending on the extent of the legislative
enactment of each country. In the Philippines, as technical and electronic landscapes
change, there is a need to enact laws or amend existing laws to fully address cyber
threats.

More and more criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity of
the Internet to commit a diverse range of criminal activities that know no borders, either
physical or virtual, cause serious harm and pose very real threats to victims worldwide.
The focus of the research conducted by Smith (2021) is therefore, anti-fake news
legislation in the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) using
Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand as examples. There was no agreed definition of
fake news. He specified that for the Philippines the major concern is the proliferation of
“fake news” farms where the preparation and distribution of fake news is a profitable
business and even becoming an export industry.

These facts are clearly alarming not only because a stranger can easily know all
about us through various viruses and malwares but also because too many people are
still doing it despite of the law and PNP forces, they all have the audacity to do these
things since they are doing it virtually using different gadgets and applications. It is
advisable for all of us to be more careful when it comes to clicking links, forms and other
things. Moreover, we must also take note and verify all the messages we are getting,
especially from strangers. Lastly, in order to stay protected, always apply for any
verification accounts so that you can assure that your account is safe from cyber
criminals.

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