Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 9154

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article XV Sec.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 recent news posted by Catalina Ricci Madarang in
Www.interaksyon.com, a viral online 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. International reports named it as the
Momo challenge wherein a horrific image of woman scares 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 foregoing , the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

“KUYA” JOSE/ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO}y

J Representative
First District of Bulacan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._9154

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

AN ACT PROHIBITING 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-
VIRAL CHALLENGE

This Act shall be known as the “ANTI-DEADLY ONLINE

SECTION 2. POLICY- The State shall provide assistance to children including proper care
and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and
other conditions prejudicial to their development. The State, through the Secretary of Department
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 part of the dark web and
providing penal sanctions for making and propagating these information within the territorial
jurisdiction of the Philippines.

SECTION 3. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE- If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain
valid and subsisting.

SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE- Any law, presidential decree, or issuance, order, letter, of
instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with, the
provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE- This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2 ) newspaper of general circulation

Approved,