President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines signed into law the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 on Wednesday. Republic Act 9775 potentially bans both real and so-called "virtual" child pornography. It defines child pornography as "any representation, whether visual, audio, or written combination thereof, by electronic, mechanical, digital, optical, magnetic or any other means, or a child engaged or involved in real or simulated explicit sexual activities."

During the legislative debate on the bill, the authors highlighted what they described as "Japanese pornographic cartoon that depicts children in explicit sexual activity" and "hentai." The penalties can include reclusion perpetua (in effect, life imprisonment) and a fine of up to 5 million pesos (about US$100,000).

Source: Anime News Network

According to another article I saw:

"THE House joint committees on justice and welfare of children have approved a bill banning the pornographic cartoon, popularly known as hentai, and imposing penalties on those engaged in the production and sale of such materials."

So this means even matured or people over 18 years old can't posses, or even watch, these kinds of shows? You're stupid. And there's even one news that goes like this:

“South Cotabato Representative Darlene R. Antonino-Custodio...said the Internet, which is used for gaining knowledge, is being used by some as a medium to satisfy sexual desire.”

What? So this mean, internet will also be banned anytime soon?

According to Anime Vice's article about this topic:

"This is why I'm glad that in the US, any ban of media is strictly confined to be as limited as possible."

In my honest opinion, they should've prioritized a law regarding more harsh penalties for those REAL child abusers. But I do understand what they are trying to do this time: They want these kinds of materials to go in hands of the minors. If its that so, they should've done more effort to prevent piracy all over the country. As long as there's piracy which makes them affordable, there's no end for this.

And I forgot! What about those sexy movies, or even sexy scenes on local TV? Don't they produce something that will give viewers sexual desire?

All I can say is, "not ALL hentai are child porn."

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