3. What is the status of Cyber Bullying in the Philippines? What helps in massive proliferation of Cyber Bullying in the Philippines? How can we prevent Cyber bullying from happening in our country?

4. FACT: Philippines surprisingly has higher technology use than other more developed ones in Asia. Seventy three percent of teens have online social profiles as of 2010. A Cartoon Network study showed 2/3 of Filipino children owns a mobile phone, more than the children in Australia and Taiwan. New Generations 2012 poll further revealed that eight out of ten (82 percent) Filipino children access the Internet at least weekly and over a third (37 percent) are daily Internet users.

5. Cyberbullying here in the Philippines doesn’t get much attention as there are no official reported cases about it. But just because it remains unreported doesn’t mean that it is not happening. Interviews with the local high school students here show that the youth are aware that cyberbullying is a serious issue. However, most of them do not know how to react when faced with those kinds of situations.

6. University of the Philippines Diliman Sociology and Anthropology professor, Dr. Virgilio Binghay, explained that the rampant identity stealing and cyber-bullying is a form of crab mentality. Cyber Bullying among filipinos

7. Filipinos are not confrontational in nature and because the online world offers a lot of avenues that allow them to voice out hatred and discontent, cyberbullying can strike anyone, anywhere and anytime. Man, by nature, loves power and the sense of being in control that’s why to satisfy their desire to spark outrage and gain overnight fame, most people forget that human emotions are also involved in this vicious cycle of cyberbullying. Cyber Bullying among filipinos

8. DO WE HAVE LAWS ABOUT CYBER BULLYING?

9. Senate Bill 2796, entitled the "Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2011," currently pending in the upper House. It was proposed by Senator Edgardo Angara -Voting 13-1, the Senate approved Senate Bill 2796 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. SB 2796 was authored by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Edgardo Angara, Lito Lapid, Manuel Villar, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. Senator Teofisto Guingona III voted against the approval of the bill.

10. Under SB 2796, cybercrime offenses would include: -Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems (illegal access, illegal interception, data interference, system interference, cyber-squatting, misuse of devices) -Computer-related offenses (computer-related forgery, computer-related fraud) -Content-related offenses (cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited commercial communications, libel)

11. Anti-Bullying School Policy Act (Senate Bill no. 2677) –Focusing more on the school environment, Senator Santiago has made it clear that the main goal of this bill is to promote awareness among the school officials, parents and the young students themselves that cyberbullying is a crime in itself.

12. school policies are restricting the use of cellphones inside the classrooms. create boundaries and limitations to internet, media and technology use.

13. Anti-Cyber-Bullying Act of 2011 (Party-list, AKO Bicol) – The bill imposes a fine of not more than P100,000 or imprisonment of 6 months to six years, or both to any person who commits a series of acts directed towards another person that causes substantial emotional distress through the use of electronic devices.

14. We have to make a stand. “Cyberbullying affects many adolescents on a daily basis and while it may be difficult to stop, it is not impossible. Everyone can help stop Cyberbullying by making other people, especially the youth, aware about the real deal on Cyberbullying”

16. references http://iloilonewstoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&vi ew=article&id=9645:cyberbullying-internet-technology-and- the-filipino-child&catid=141:mommy-talk&Itemid=511 http://travelman1971.hubpages.com/hub/Cyber-Bullying-A- Threat-Everyone http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=5601 http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2012/0130_prib1.asp http://opinionhub.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/cyberbullying- crab-mentality-at-its-best/ http://www.techwireasia.com/363/philippine-senate-approves- cybercrime-prevention-act/

17. What have you learned about our discussion?