IN many countries, including the Philippines, children are under attack by pedophiles and other child abusers who use social media platforms that are connected to cyberspace by internet service providers (ISP) owned by telecommunications companies (telcos). Many of these groomed, seduced, lured and/or trapped children are sexually abused in videos livestreamed to foreign customers in exchange for money transmitted through ISP servers. The abusers are sometimes the children's own parents.

Many good parents feel worried and helpless to protect their children from these criminals who are being enabled by these telcos and platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and X. Children are lured by predators or their peers to watch child sexual abuse images on Wi-Fi-connected mobile phones. As a result, many 10- and 12-year-old boys have and are sexually abusing girls as young as 6.