Information Communication and Technology

Which sector (business, education, energy, health, entertainment, manufacturing, construction and etc.) do you think had the biggest impact in terms of the effect of ICT in the Philippines? Give a brief statement explaining how did this sector contribute from ICT.

In my perspective, the Education Sector have the biggest impact in terms of the effect of ICT in the Philippines. The education in the country is greatly enhanced and innovated nowadays due to the ICT’s contribution. ICT, or known as the Information and Communications Technology, can impact student learning when teachers are digitally literate and understand how to integrate it into their curriculum. Schools use various ICT tools in order to communicate, create, evaluate, store, and manage information with great efficiency and effectivity for learning. ICT also becomes integral in demonstrating interaction within classroom discussions. It provides relevant information from trusted sources, software and apps for interactive exercises, and many more. Some of the application of ICT in the education includes the Flipped Classroom, ICT Learning Development, E-readers, and the usage of Digital Technology. Primarily, all of these advantages are clearly seen in the present generation. The quality education that the students are attaining today is one of the most significant impacts of ICT, and also the major contributor to its enhancement in the country.

Name an application or website that helped you in your life as a person and also tell how this application or website helped you.

Facebook as the Most Popular Social Networking Site

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites of all times which cuts down physical boundaries, provides benefits for various purposes, and contributes in one’s life as a person. This application or site is known to be free, yet the best medium for communication, thus giving one a limitless access anytime and everywhere. It also helps in creating a connection to significant people to stay in touch, making friends with others across the globe, establishing good relationships, and keeping for updates for school, work, or casual events. It has the messaging features for group discussion and sending of essential attachments for academic and work use. In terms of entertainment, Facebook can provide games and in-apps for enjoyment, competitions, and easing one’s stress. Useful videos are also uploaded such as motivationals, educationals, scientific discoveries, life tips, and many more, which give good influences for one’s development. Furthermore, Facebook offers email addresses in important sites like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Edmodo for an easy account access establishment. Facebook can be a source of information and news. It is one of the best sources to stay updated with the latest news and updates. Facebook also helps in reminding people that they must be careful and mindful in what they are doing in this site, therefore giving them resilience in any risks of theft. In general, Facebook becomes a great tool of living life when used appropriately, and still useful until today.

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Online Safety, Security, Ethics, and Etiquette

Share an experience that you have always tend to do but later did you discover that it is not a standard of ONLINE SAFETY, SECURITY, ETHICS, AND ETIQUETTE.

Weak Password

During my early years of using Social Media, I tend to have weak passwords for most of my accounts in order for them to be easily remembered and accessed. It is later found out that one of my neighbors has leaked my password and put some malicious contents on my accounts. Afterward, I change the password of every account I have with much complexity, which is recommended according to the standard. A strong password must be unique and complex, with at least ten characters long and mixed letters, numbers, and symbols. Having this kind of password currently helps me a lot to keep all of the personal information safe from any hackers and online thieves.

Public Personal Information

Years ago, I tend to have my personal information like full name, address, birthdates, school, and more to be publicly exposed in most of my social media accounts. However, after watching some videos about online safety, I have realized that all of my information are at risk from any cybercriminal or online hackers. With this standard, I become much cautious for safety and use privacy settings to keep my information from the public. Most social networking sites like Facebook provide privacy settings to control the exposure of everything posted in the media. Currently, my information are now hidden within “Friends” or even “Only Me” in order to be much secured and manageable.

Accepting Terms and Condition Without Reading It

Usually, I have been accessing various sites without reading their Terms and Conditions, which is not part of the online etiquette. This Terms and Conditions, or known as the Terms of Service Agreement, is a set of regulations which user must agree to follow in order to use a particular online service. It also legally acts as a binding contract between the service and the users. It often informs the kind of data the users collect within and how should they use these data. Significantly, it helps in preventing abuses, disclaiming issues, terminating accounts, limiting liability, and setting government law. Thus, it is a must and important to read the agreement before taking any acts of using respected service. Obtaining these information, I become more attentive in accessing online media with their rules to avoid undesirable consequences.

Using of Pirated Software

There are several times when downloading of cracked files of famous games and software becomes a trend among with my friends. Since it is free, we tend to use them for entertainment or work purposes with much ease and accessibility. However, I later found out that it is unethical to access pirated ones. It is even stated in the Terms and Conditions that this kind of act disobeys the law. Moreover, there are also disadvantages of using them, which includes the following: no one can get updates in using pirated software; they put the system at risk, they have no customer support and additional services, and they tend to crash a lot. At the present, I have been using software paid by the internet café in order to maintain the safety and premium user experience.

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Google Tool

What Google Tool is the best for you and why? You may include a situation where it is helpful in work, school, or community.

Google Earth showing a randomly generated geographical surface image of a certain location.
Google Earth shows a randomly generated geographical surface image of a certain location.

For me, Google Earth is one of the best Google Tools due to its importance in real-life applications.

Knowingly, it is easy to use and presents a great deal of information that applies to topics that are addressed in geoscience courses and many other educational settings. It also allows placing this information in combination on a three-dimensional model of the Earth, and facilitates understanding of the Earth system and the many subject areas that comprise, including the natural sciences, social sciences, history, art, engineering and topic that has geographical components. Information that can be displayed on Google Earth composes of aerial and satellite imagery, the numerous layers offered by Google’s database, and a huge amount of third-party data made available by the Google Earth Community and on other websites.

With this tool, students can now browse on their own and participate in any structured inquiry-based explorations. Since Google Earth is available to download for free for all the major operating systems, they can use it in school as well as for homework or fun. They can easily create their own data and save the information in various data files or as saved images for incorporation into oral presentations or reports. This data can be rendered on maps in combination with any other data made available to the students.

For the teachers, Google Earth can be used as an effective presentation tool for classes and graphics for lectures. They can also use it to research topics for use in a variety of educational venues that includes electronic presentations and printed materials for maps or other graphical representations. Google Earth additionally presents advice on how to use Google Earth in educational settings.

Google Earth is also a great research tool. Its graphics are composed of information about the natural landscape and human infrastructure on the Earth’s surface. It presents panoramic photographs for many cities, towns, and other places around the world. Its terrain and 3D representations contribute information for excellent Google Earth experience. Many websites offer data designed specifically for use in Google Earth, including the imagery and vector data adapted for its significant use.

Google Earth has important roles in mitigating geographical hazards due to its feature known as the Google Earth Weather. For years, its quality has improved since then. One can access the Weather layer in Google Earth by enabling it in the left navigation bar under Primary Database. The weather layer is truly impressive with its satellite images of clouds, actual real-time radar data, and even real-time temperatures. This layer in Google Earth can help one follow weather patterns all around the world, preparing them for any disasters and calamities.

Remarkably, Google has been integrating Google Earth in other mapping applications including Google Maps. For developers and professionals, Google Maps APIs with its integration give a very effective way to store data in servers, such as location-based information including environmental data, server monitoring and alerts, and population and health information. They also enable individuals to develop customized Google Maps applications that contain buttons, forms, panels, photographs, and specialized map layers added to the conventional Google Maps interface.
Google Earth primarily becomes so useful in academic, work, and even community purposes. With its application, it can effectively improve the lifestyle, education, and awareness of the people across the globe.

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Interactive Multimedia

From Interactive Multimedia, choose one uses of it (e.g. Education, Training, Games, and likes), give an example of websites or application out from it and discuss brief importance and function about it.

INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA FOR EDUCATION

Academic Earth

Academic Earth brings the most unique concept of education. This is the idea that education should be accessible worldwide. This level of access is convenient for many students, but potentially lifesaving for students in underprivileged areas. It was launched on the premise that everyone deserves access to a world-class education. In 2009, the team built and offered the first collection of free online college video courses and academic lectures from the world’s top universities such as UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Oxford Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. The world of open education has exploded since then, so today their curated lists of online courses are hand selected by the staff to show the best offerings by subject area. Academic Earth also makes sure there is something for everyone and brings the amazing world of academia for free. 

Academic Earth. https://academicearth.org/

Coursera

Coursera was founded in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors who wanted to share their knowledge and skills with the world. Professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng put their courses online for anyone to take and teach more learners in a few months than they could have in an entire lifetime in the classroom. Since then, the team built Coursera, where anyone can learn and earn credentials from the world’s top universities and education providers.

Courses

Every course on Coursera is taught by the top instructors from the world’s best universities and educational institutions. Courses are comprised of recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments, and community discussion forums. When students complete a course, they will receive a shareable electronic Course Certificate.

Specializations

If students want to master a specific career skill, they can join a Specialization. With this, they can complete a series of rigorous courses, tackle hands-on projects based on real business challenges, and earn a Specialization Certificate to share with their professional network and potential employers.

Online Degrees

Real career transformation sometimes requires a university-recognized degree. Coursera believes that transformation should be accessible to everyone, so the team worked with our university partners to offer flexible, affordable online degree programs in business, computer science, and data science.

Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit educational organization created in 2018 by Salman Khan and his team with the mission of providing free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. It provides an easy path for students to jump in and begin learning about any subject that they choose. It certainly has youth appeal with its avatars and ability to earn badges, but it is also an extremely viable option for adults wanting to improve their technical skills.

Personalized Learning Resource for All Ages

Khan Academy provides practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. They discuss math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Math missions guide students from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. The team also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.

Free Tools for Parents and Teachers

The team ensures that Khan Academy empowers coaches of all kinds to better understand what their children or students are up to and how best to help them. Their teacher dashboard provides a summary of class performance as a whole as well as detailed student profiles.

Global Classroom

Millions of students from all over the world, each with their own unique story, learn at their own pace on Khan Academy every single day. The resources are being translated into more than 36 languages, in addition to the Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese versions of the site.

Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/


Open Culture

Open Culture is one of the best free cultural and educational media sites on the Internet. The website was founded in 2006 by Dan Coleman, the Director and Associate Dean of Stanford University’s Continuing Education Program. Though Open Culture is not affiliated with Stanford, it seems to be well suited to providing intelligent, relevant information. Moreover, it is where free online educational opportunities are curated. Learners can sign up to take classes on a variety of subjects that are offered by colleges and universities. This website is developed to give students of any age access to online learning and even internet-based certification programs.

Also, it brings together high-quality cultural and educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given Open Culture a great amount of intelligent audios and videos, which are free and enriching. Its whole mission is to centralize these contents, curate them, and give access to these high-quality contents whenever and wherever people want it. Some of their major resource collections include:

  • 1,300 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
  • 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.
  • 900 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free
  • 800 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices
  • MOOCs from Great Universities
  • Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More
  • 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
Open Culture. https://www.openculture.com/


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ICT as a Platform for Change

As a Digital Citizen, I will be obliged to use ICT properly and positively in accordance to Digital Citizenship.

Choose one from nine elements of digital citizenship. Write the element title, its definition, importance, advantages, and disadvantages.

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

Digital Communication as a Part of Global Innovation

Definition

Digital Communication is defined as the electronic exchange of information. It happens when the information is digitally encoded as discreet signals and electronically transferred to the receivers through various channels. Examples of such channels include the copper wires, optical fibers, wireless communication channels, storage media, and computer buses.

Importance

Modern life is currently empowered by technology. The digital world is also expanding and becoming more powerful. Years ago, there were only desktops that were about a foot thick and ran pretty slow. But, people nowadays can able to browse the web with just a click and touch of fingers to their phones. During travels and trips to some places, they are also using GPS for accurate navigation. The web is communicating with the users to tell them where to go as if they are talking to them in real life. This is how digital communication can help one’s life significantly.

Digital methods of communication are faster, more versatile, flexible, practical and streamlined. Thus, it is unsurprising that once the technology became available, people began to move into the digital age. It is undeniable that they need digital communication. People need something that can connect them with anyone without exception. They can utilize digital communication to stay in closer contact with their close ones. That is why digital communication is important, because they need it in this generation.

Digital communication has become indispensable. In fact, researches state that there are approximately two billion people who are connected to the Internet daily. Most people all around the globe use digital ones. Without digital communication, they would be only still writing to each other through letters and mails, or just having a face-to-face conversation.

Therefore, digital communication is greatly important. However, people must also learn how each type of technology works, their capabilities, their limitations, and their usage in order to provide efficiency, security, and appropriateness in utilizing these kinds of tools.

Advantages

There are some advantages in digital communication which include the following:

  • Digital signals carry more information per second than analog signals.
  • Digital signals maintain their quality over long distances better than analog signals.
  • Good processing techniques are available for digital signals such as source coding, channel coding, equalization, etc.
  • Privacy is preserved by using data encryption. Only permitted receivers can be allowed to detect the transmitted data.
  • High-speed computers and powerful software design tools are available.
  • The compatibility of digital communication systems with Internet has opened new area of applications.
  • Digital communication systems are cheaper due to advances in digital VLSI technology.
  • Digital communication is adaptive to other digital domains like VLSI, DSP, data compression etc.
  • Digital information can be saved and retrieved when necessary.
  • Large data storage is possible.

Disadvantages

There are certain disadvantages in digital communication which include the following:

  • More bandwidth is required than that for analog systems.
  • Digital communication needs synchronization in synchronous modulation.
  • There is high power consumption due to various stages of conversion.
  • Complex circuits and more sophisticated device making are some drawbacks of digital system.
  • Digital communication can introduce various sampling errors.
  • Square wave is more affected by noise.
  • Digital communication is more inefficient than actual face-to-face conversation.
  • Large volume of messages can be overwhelming and hard to follow, even stress-inducing.
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Republic Act No. 8293

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

An Act Prescribing the Intellectual Property Code and Establishing the Intellectual Property Office, Providing for its Powers and Functions and for Other Purposes

Punishable Acts

Violation on the moral bounds of the coverage of the IP Code. Any action that goes against the following laws; (1) law of patents (2) law of trademarks, service marks and trade names. (3) law on copyright. “Infringement” with regard to patents, copyright, and trademarks, and “misappropriation” with respect to trade secrets can be a breach of civil law or criminal law, which depends on the type of intellectual property involved, the jurisdiction, and the nature of the action.

Punishments (from Section 217.1)

Any person infringing any right secured by provisions of Part IV of this Act or aiding or abetting such infringement shall be guilty of a crime punishable by:

(a) Imprisonment of one (1) year to three (3) years plus a fine ranging from Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) to One hundred fifty thousand pesos (P150,000) for the first offense.

(b) Imprisonment of three (3) years and one (1) day to six (6) years plus a fine ranging from One hundred fifty thousand pesos (P150,000) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000) for the second offense.

(c) Imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) day to nine (9) years plus a fine ranging from five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000) to One million five hundred thousand pesos (P1,500,000) for the third and subsequent offenses.

(d) In all cases, subsidiary imprisonment in cases of insolvency.

Exemptions

The following actions are exempted:

(a) Professional Usage

(b) Scientific Discoveries

(c) Aesthetic Creation

(d) Forge Signatures

(e) Public Misleads

(f) Symbols for Common Good and Services

(g) Unprotected Subject Matter

(h) Works by the Government

Limitations (from Section 2)

The law is limited to the following:

(a) Development of domestic and creative activity, facilitates transfer of technology, attracts foreign investments

(b) Insurance of market access for local products

(c) Protection and security of the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors, artists, and other gifted citizens to their intellectual property and creations, particularly when beneficial to the people

(d) Streamline administrative procedures of registering patents, trademarks and copyright, to liberalize the registration on the transfer of technology, and to enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the Philippines

Anything beyond the statements are not covered by the law.

Areas for Improvement

(a) Application to the current technology

(b) Specification to broad coverage

(c) Extension of law due to technological advancements

https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
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Republic Act No. 9995

ANTI-PHOTO & VIDEO VOYEURISM ACT OF 2009

An Act Defining and Penalizing the Crime of Photo and Video Voyeurism, Prescribing Penalties Therefor, and for Other Purposes

Punishable Acts (from Section 4)

It is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful for any person:

(a) To take photo or video coverage of a person or group of persons performing sexual act or any similar activity or to capture an image of the private area of a person/s such as the naked or undergarment clad genitals, public area, buttocks or female breast without the consent of the person/s involved and under circumstances in which the person/s has/have a reasonable expectation of privacy;

(b) To copy or reproduce, or to cause to be copied or reproduced, such photo or video or
recording of sexual act or any similar activity with or without consideration;

(c) To sell or distribute, or cause to be sold or distributed, such photo or video or recording of sexual act, whether it be the original copy or reproduction thereof;

(d) To publish or broadcast, or cause to be published or broadcast, whether in print or broadcast media, or show or exhibit the photo or video coverage or recordings of such sexual act or any similar activity through VCD/DVD, internet, cellular phones and other similar means or device.

Punishments (from Section 5)

(a) The penalty of imprisonment of not less that three (3) years but not more than seven (7) years and a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00), or both, at the discretion of the court shall be imposed upon any person found guilty of violating Section 4 of this Act.

(b) If the violator is a juridical person, its license or franchise shall be automatically be deemed revoked and the persons liable shall be the officers thereof including the editor and reporter in the case of print media, and the station manager, editor and broadcaster in the case of a broadcast media.

(c) If the offender is a public officer or employee, or a professional, he/she shall be administratively liable. If the offender is an alien, he/she shall be subject to deportation proceedings after serving his/her sentence and payment of fines.

Exemptions (from Section 6)

Nothing contained in this Act, however, shall render it unlawful or punishable for any peace officer, who is authorized by a written order of the court, to use the record or any copy thereof as evidence in any civil, criminal investigation or trial of the crime of photo or video voyeurism: provided, that such written order shall only be issued or granted upon written application and the examination under oath or affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses he/she may produce, and upon showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that photo or video voyeurism has been committed or is about to be committed, and that the evidence to be obtained is essential to the conviction of any person for, or to the solution or prevention of such, crime.

Limitations (from Section 2)

The law is limited to the following:

(a) Protection to the dignity and privacy of every human person

(b) Guarantee for full respect for human rights

(c) Penalizing acts that would destroy the honor, dignity and integrity of a person (e.g., photo and video voyeurism)

Anything beyond the statements are not covered by the law.

Areas for Improvement

(a) Application to the current technology

(b) Revision for abuse prevention

(c) Extension of law due to technological advancements

https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_9995_2010.html
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Republic Act No. 9775

ANTI-CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ACT OF 2009

An Act Defining the Crime of Child Pornography, Prescribing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes

Punishable Acts (from Section 4)

It shall be unlawful for any person:

(a) To hire, employ, use, persuade, induce or coerce a child to perform in the creation or production of any form of child pornography;

(b) To produce, direct, manufacture or create any form of child pornography;

(c) To publish offer, transmit, sell, distribute, broadcast, advertise, promote, export or import any form of child pornography;

(d) To possess any form of child pornography with the intent to sell, distribute, publish, or broadcast: Provided. That possession of three (3) or more articles of child pornography of the same form shall be prima facie evidence of the intent to sell, distribute, publish or broadcast;

(e) To knowingly, willfully and intentionally provide a venue for the commission of prohibited acts as, but not limited to, dens, private rooms, cubicles, cinemas, houses or in establishments purporting to be a legitimate business;

(f) For film distributors, theaters and telecommunication companies, by themselves or in cooperation with other entities, to distribute any form of child pornography;

(g) For a parent, legal guardian or person having custody or control of a child to knowingly permit the child to engage, participate or assist in any form of child pornography;

(h) To engage in the luring or grooming of a child;

(i) To engage in pandering of any form of child pornography;

(j) To willfully access any form of child pornography;

(k) To conspire to commit any of the prohibited acts stated in this section. Conspiracy to commit any form of child pornography shall be committed when two (2) or more persons come to an agreement concerning the commission of any of the said prohibited acts and decide to commit it;

(l) To possess any form of child pornography.

Punishments (from Section 15)

(a) Any person found guilty of syndicated child pornography as defined in Section 5 of this Act shall suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and a fine of not less than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00) but not more than Five million pesos (Php5,000,000.00);

(b) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(a), (b) and (c) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period and a fine of not less than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) but not more than Two million (Php2,000,000.00);

(c) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(d), (e) and (f) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period and a fine of not less than Seven hundred fifty thousand pesos (Php750,000.00) but not more than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00);

(d) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(g) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal in its minimum period and a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00) but not more than Seven hundred thousand pesos (Php700,000.00);

(e) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(h) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period and a fine of not less than Three hundred thousand pesos (Php300,000.00) but not more than Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00);

(f) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(I) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period and a fine of not less than Three hundred thousand pesos (php300,000.00) but not more than Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00);

(g) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(j) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos (Php200,000.00) but not more than Three hundred thousand pesos (Php300,000.00);

(h) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(k) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its medium period and a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (php100,000.00) but not more than Two hundred fifty thousand pesos (php250,000.00);

(i) Any person found guilty of violating Section 4(l) of this Act shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum period and a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (Php50,000.00) but not more than One hundred thousand pesos (Php100,000.00);

(j) Any person found guilty of violating Section 11 of this Act shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its medium period and a fine of not less than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) but not more than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00) for the first offense. In the case of a subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine not less than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00) but not more than Three million pesos (Php3,000,000.00) and revocation of its license to operate and immediate closure of the establishment;

(k) Any ISP found guilty of willfully and knowingly failing to comply with the notice and installation requirements under Section 9 of this Act shall suffer the penalty of a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00) but not more than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) for the first offense. In case of subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) but not more than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00) and revocation of its license to operate;

(l) Any mall owner-operator and owner or lessor of other business establishments including photo developers, information technology professionals, credit card companies and banks, found guilty of willfully and knowingly failing to comply with the notice requirements under Section 10 of this Act shall suffer the penalty of a fine of not less than One million pesos (Php1,000,000.00) but not more than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00) for the first offense. In the case of a subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than Two million pesos (Php2,000,000.00) but not more than Three million pesos (Php3,000,000.00) and revocation of its license to operate and immediate closure of the establishment; and

(m) Any person found guilty of violating Section 13 of this Act shall suffer the penalty of arresto mayor in its minimum period and a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (Php100,000.00) but not more than Three hundred thousand pesos (Php300,000.00).

Exemptions 

There are no exemptions stated in the law.

Limitations (from Section 2)

The law is limited to the following:

(a) Guarantee of the fundamental rights of every child from all forms of neglect, cruelty and other conditions prejudicial to their development

(b) Protection of every child from all forms of exploitation and abuse including, but not limited to the use of a child in pornographic performances and materials and the inducement or coercion of a child to engage or be involved in pornography through whatever means

(c) Compliance with international treaties to which the Philippines is a signatory or a State party concerning the rights of children which include, but not limited to, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No.182 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

Anything beyond the statements are not covered by the law.

Areas for Improvement

(a) Application to the current technology

(b) Review for punishments and violations

(c) Extension of law due to technological advancements

https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9775_2009.html
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