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According to Save the Children, “three out of every ten children interviewed in the study have experienced some sort of online violence”, ranging from cyberbullying to child trafficking and child pornography. The country has no legislation in the matter.

A report by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) titled "Trapped in Hell" notes that people have ended up enslaved after losing their job and seeing their education disrupted by the 2021 military coup. It cites detailed stories of junta-linked militias in the northeastern Shan State protecting Chinese criminal gangs engaged in cybersex trafficking and exploitation.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangkok releases its first comprehensive report on people forced to work for online scams. Highly qualified workers are among the victims are trafficked from places as far as Kenya, Brazil, and Turkey. War-torn regions and special economic zones are ideal places for these activities.

Religious groups, government officials and NGOs met in Manila, Philippines on 7 July, to formulate new strategies to fight online child sexual exploitation, and appeal to the heads of state or government meeting in New Delhi in September.

Investigations focus on a racket that affects people across Southeast Asia. Lured to the Philippines for a regular job, the victims are held against their will and forced into criminal activities like rigged sales, erotic chats, and cryptocurrency scams. A Philippine senator raised the issue of “scam hubs" urging government action.

The affidavit of a young man recruited through Facebook job ad was released today at a Philippine Senate hearing. About a thousand foreigners work in the same area in Parañaque near the international airport. A finger is pointed at the Bureau of Immigration easy entry visas.