Manila, April 25 -- "Disturbed" by the prevalence of online sexual abuse of children, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies to ramp up efforts against offenders and abusers of children.

In a press conference in Malacanang on Thursday, Margarita Magsaysay, Executive Director of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Center for Anti-Online Child Sexual Abuse, said Marcos directed concerned government agencies to consolidate their efforts against online sexual abuse or exploitation of children (OSAEC) and child sexual abuse or exploitation materials (CSAEM).

OSAEC uses information and communications technology as a means to abuse and exploit children sexually, while CSAEM refers to real acts of sexual abuse or exploi...