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Blue_Tires

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6. I think this is something bigger than mere "consenting adults"
Fri Sep 19, 2014, 03:36 PM
Sep 2014
President Benigno Aquino III signed a law in 2012 that aimed to combat Internet crimes such as hacking, identity theft, spamming, cybersex, extortion and online child pornography. It was suspended due to legal challenges questioning whether some provisions violated civil liberties, but enforcement of the law resumed in February.

In May, police arrested 58 suspected members of online extortion syndicates that duped hundreds of victims worldwide into exposing themselves in front of webcams or engaging in lewd chats, including a Scottish teenager who committed suicide after being blackmailed.


http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/philippine-agents-arrest-43-cybersex-raids-25588667

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They seriously don't have anything better to do with their time? malthaussen Sep 2014 #1
Gotta love Asia ... yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #2
LOL Lenomsky Sep 2014 #4
As long as they are not children... Helen Borg Sep 2014 #5
I think this is something bigger than mere "consenting adults" Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #6
See, it depends. Xyzse Sep 2014 #3
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