PHILIPPINES BANS CAM GIRLS
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The Philippines has outlawed video chat featuring “cam girls” who perform sex acts for online clients. The law specifically bans sex acts for payment and defines cybersex as the “wilful engagement, maintenance, control, or operation, directly or indirectly, of any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity, with the aid of a computer system, for favour or consideration.” Now there’s, ahem, a mouthful. Punishment is a fine of 250,000 Philippine pesos (around €4,600) and up to six months in jail. While the ban is ostensibly to protect young women forced into selling sexual services online, the Cybercrime Prevention Act ...