After the call of Senator Loren Legarda to bring the operator of the Boy Bastos to the authorities amid allegations that the culprit is using the site to exploit women, the NBI arrested the guy yesterday. A search and seizure warrant was issued and all his stuff was taken away. What is interesting is that when he was arrested, he said "freedom of expression lang."
I think that he is right. if the guy is not violating the Anti-Violence against Women and Children Act, which is the special law aimed for the protection of women against sexual exploitation, or the Revised Penal Code, then he should not be arrested. What he was doing was I believe within the purview of the coverage of free speech. Pornography I think is the main driver of internet commerce. I toyed with the idea before of the feasibility of putting up such a website in the Philippines, but I did not know how to go about it. Now this guy does it. This should be a good test case in the Philippines on whether or not pornography is free speech.
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