Poverty and cyberporn

Most of those who were arrested blamed poverty for driving them to engage in cyberporn

Chinese tycoon Jack Ma, in his visit and lectures in Manila, described the Internet speed in the Philippines as “no good.” But despite his misgivings, cyberpornography, which needs fast Internet connection, thrived here.

What’s “no good” for Jack Ma must be good enough for cyberporn users.

Police at one time tagged cyberpornography as the country’s number 1 crime.

A Jan. 18, 2014 inquirer.net report quoted a senior police official as saying cyberporn was more menacing than the illegal drugs problem.

But that was before President Rody Duterte launched his brutal war against illegal drugs.

Most of the cyberporn operations in Cebu were reported in Cordova town, some with parents using their minor children in the illegal trade.

Most of those who were arrested blamed pover- ty for driving them to engage in cyberporn.

Perhaps it’s also because it’s easier to shed clothes before a camera than earn bread from the sweat of one’s brow.

The Cordova Municipal Government plans to give at least P20,000 to any person who provides information about any resident who offers cyberporn.

This must be hard to do because most if not all of their clients are foreigners.

Do pedophiles rat on each other?

Cordova Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho should instead use the money on a livelihood project for her constituents to keep them fron going into cyberporn. With poverty out, cyberporn may vanish with it. As US President John F. Kennedy said, man, who has in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human life, also has the power to abolish all forms of human poverty.