u/Previous_Hospital930

Imagine defining a foot as 381/374740572500 of a light-second 🥀

It isn't exactly high-quality attention as it only came from a bunch of old men who are weirdos and potential creeps. The type of people to support a social media ban. Ultraconservatives. It's all fun and games as long as I don't get doxxed and they show up to me with weapons.

u/Lyrapotatocats You're Filipino, why are you not speaking Tagalog??? /s

My main account got hacked so I moved to this one, what do I do in this position?

The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) has given Reddit and Discord 24 hours to set up their respective offices in the Philippines as it moves to strengthen coordination with digital platforms following the third school shooting incident in the country within a span of just a few months.

In separate letters dated Sept. 21, the CICC demanded that the two platforms immediately designate, from receipt of the letters, a resident agent or local representative who can facilitate Philippine jurisdiction and enhance coordination and cooperation with Philippine authorities.

“We are not asking platforms to police the internet for the government but to be reachable, accountable, and responsive when activities on their platforms put Filipino children and communities at risk. When an online threat spills over into the real world, there has to be clear channel for authorities to act,” said Paraiso.

The ultimatum comes amid growing concerns over the use of online platforms in the dissemination of violent extremist content and ideologies and the exploitation of minors particularly in the wake of the shooting incident at Banga National High School in South Cotabato on September 18.

Aside from designating local representatives, the CICC directed Reddit and Discord to submit written explanations of their existing arrangements and concrete implementation plans covering the enhancement of safety standards, rapid response mechanisms, and age-verification or age-assurance measures.

The CICC also sought the platforms’ participation in a cooperative framework to address the current situation of digital exploitation of minors that has dangerously shifted from isolated online interactions to activities that fuel real-world violence and physical harm.

The proposed framework would particularly cover networks involved in the creation, solicitation, possession, distribution, exchange, promotion or monetization of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) and child sexual abuse or exploitation of materials (CSAEM), and nihilistic violence extremism (NVE) that occur in these platforms.

As part of the effort, the CICC also formally tapped the Department of Foreign Affairs to initiate a coordination meeting and facilitate the participation of Meta, Discord, Reddit and other social media platforms in discussions with the government on measures to address online threats linked to violence and the exploitation of children.

The CICC warned that failure or refusal to comply with the prescribed period could prompt the agency, in coordination with appropriate Philippine authorities, to restrict their operations or prohibit access of users to the platforms in the Philippines.

Earlier this month, the government met with Meta and Roblox representatives to form a technical working group to implement stricter child safety measures, faster takedowns of content, and secure age-verification mechanisms.

Reddit is a social discussion platform organized into topic-based communities, while Discord is a messaging and community platform that allows users to communicate through private messages and invitation-based servers, creating conditions that can provide fertile grounds for grooming, recruitment, and radicalization of minors.

Recent investigations have raised alarm over online grooming and recruitment of minors, including links to communities associated with NVE. These concerns have been magnified by the school shooting in Tacloban City in June, at the August 18 shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in August and the September 18 shooting at Banga National High School.

Source: https://cicc.gov.ph/news/cicc-demands-reddit-discord-to-establish-ph-presence-within-24-hours/

Remember that silly AH26 sign kitty who likes getting kissed by boys? That's me. But somehow, my account got hacked and I had to create a new one. I guess I'll have to start all over again...