In Effect Law Child Protection High Relevance

Philippines OSAEC Act

Anti-Online Sexual Abuse/Exploitation of Children Act (RA 11930)

Criminalizes computer-generated and simulated child sexual abuse material, which includes AI-generated imagery. One of few laws globally explicitly addressing synthetic CSAM.

Jurisdiction

Philippines

Enacted

Unknown

Effective

Unknown

Enforcement

Not specified

What It Requires

Active Detection

Must proactively identify harmful content or crisis signals

Incident Reporting

Must notify authorities of specific incidents

Harms Addressed

Child Exploitation

CSAM, grooming, or sexual exploitation of minors

Who Must Comply

This law applies to:

• Individuals and platforms

Who bears obligations:

Operator

Safety Provisions

• Computer-generated/simulated CSAM explicitly criminalized (includes AI-generated imagery)
• Defines "deepfake" in context of image-based sexual abuse
• Platform liability provisions

Compliance Timeline

Jul 30, 2022

RA 11930 enacted

May 18, 2023

Implementing Rules and Regulations signed and effective

Primary Source

Philippine Commission on Women (opens in new tab)

https://pcw.gov.ph/republic-act-11930-anti-online-sexual-abuse-or-exploitation-of-children-act-and-anti-child-sexual-abuse-of-exploitation-materials-act/

Quick Facts

Binding: Yes
Mental Health Focus: No
Child Safety Focus: Yes
Algorithmic Scope: No

Why It Matters

Explicitly addresses synthetic CSAM—rare globally. As generative AI makes CSAM creation easier, this type of provision becoming more important.

Cite This

APA

Philippines. (n.d.). Anti-Online Sexual Abuse/Exploitation of Children Act (RA 11930). Retrieved from https://nope.net/regs/ph-ra11930

BibTeX

@misc{ph_ra11930,
  title = {Anti-Online Sexual Abuse/Exploitation of Children Act (RA 11930)},
  author = {Philippines},
  year = {n.d.},
  url = {https://nope.net/regs/ph-ra11930}
}

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