Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2203

HOUSE BILL Ni

Intoduced by: HON, “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO

AN ACT PROBIHITNG THE SPREAD OF ONLINE VIRAL CHALLENGE THAT IS.
DETRIMENTAL TO THE MORAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILDREN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article XV Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution provides the right of children to assistance
including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse,
cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development

According to the news posted by Catalina Racei Madarag in www interaksyon.com on
February 27, 2019, a viral challenge is circulating that persuades children to undertake tasks that
could lead to serious physical injuries has alarmed parents from different countries after recorded
incidents that lead to child deaths. Intemational reports named it as the Momo challenge wherein
a horrific image of woman scared children through Whatsapp, an online messaging platform, and
tricks them into inflicting self-harm. In the Philippines, Erwin Tulfo posted the story of a young
boy who dranked his father’s anti-gout medicine and thereafter died. It was suspected that he was
playing either the Momo challenge or the blue Whale challenge.

The state shall provide precautionary measures in order to promote the welfare and health
of the youth and prevent factors that will be prejudicial to their development. This bill aims to

‘ban all kinds of suicidal viral challenge in the Philippines that will be harmful and detrimental to

the physical, mental, and moral development of the youth,

In view of the forgoing, the approval of this bill earnestly sought

“KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO®~
Representative
First District of Bulacan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2203

HOUSE BILL NO. _

Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO-

AN ACT PROBIHITNG THE SPREAD OF ONLINE VIRAL CHALLENGE THAT IS.
“DETRIMENTAL TO THE MORAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILDREN

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “ANTI-DEADLY ONLINE VIRAL.
CHALLENGE” f

SECTION 2. Policy. ~ The State shall provide assistance to children including proper care and
nutrition, and special from neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial
to their development. The State, through the Secretary of Development of Information and
Communication and Technology and in collaboration with the Director of the National Bureau of
investigation, shall enforce the banning, and prohibiting all forms of suicidal online viral
challenge which are detrimental to the physical, mental and moral being of children. This also
include the banning of online sites that are considered art of the dark web and providing penal
sanctions for making and propagating this information within the territorial jurisdiction of the
Philippines.

SECTION 3. Separability Clause, — If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
‘unconstitutional, the reminder of the law or law or the provision not otherwise affected shall
remain valid and subsisting

SECTION 4. Effectivity Clat
publication in official Gaz

“- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days afler its
in at least (2) newspaper or general circulation.

Approved,