🚨 Alarm Over Youth's Online Gambling Exposure: Senator Lito Lapid Takes Action 🚨
Senator Lito Lapid expresses concern over the rampant online gambling ads on social media, highlighting the potential harm to Filipino youth's values and morality.

Senator Lito Lapid has raised the alarm about the proliferation of online gambling advertisements on social media platforms in the Philippines, underscoring the risk they pose to the country's youth. As the chairman of the Senate committee on Games and Amusements, Lapid warns that early exposure to online gambling through platforms such as Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok could jeopardize young people's values and morality if not addressed by the government.

Lapid stressed the ease with which children could bypass restrictions to engage in online gaming, questioning how society can raise morally upright individuals under such circumstances. He lamented that this exposure could corrupt the youth's values, leading them to gamble away their allowances and potentially resort to stealing from their parents, drawing parallels to negative influences from popular media.

The senator also pointed out the ease of installing online gambling applications on cellphones and other mobile devices, often without parental oversight. Registration for these platforms is worryingly simple, requiring just a name and age, making them easily accessible to the youth. Popular gambling formats among the youth include poker, roulette, color games, and other casino-like activities.

In response to these concerns, Senator Lapid plans to introduce a resolution calling for an investigation into the spread of illegal online gambling and the development of legislation to curb this issue.

Question: Do you think stricter regulations on online gambling ads will effectively protect our youth from gambling addiction?

 

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