THE Kapisanan ng Social Media Broadcasters ng Pilipinas Inc. (KSMBPI) filed a complaint against adult content creator Salome Salvi and vlogger-podcaster Brian Babilonia, popularly known as “Tio Bri,” for alleged violations of Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Section 6 of Republic Act 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
KSMBPI Chairman Michael Raymond Apacible Aragon said the complaint stemmed from what the group described as “indecent and obscene” materials allegedly posted by the respondents on their respective social media accounts.
KSMBPI legal counsel Mark Tolentino said the group documented numerous materials that it believes violate the law. According to Tolentino, at least 50 episodes posted by Salvi and around 100 episodes uploaded by Babilonia allegedly contained sexually suggestive or explicit discussions.
He said the group sent a demand letter to both personalities in December 2025 asking them to remove the materials and refrain from posting similar content online.
”They did not respond to our request. In fact, they even challenged us to go to their set and be interviewed about their views on sex,” Tolentino said.
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Aragon said the group initially planned to file the complaint in January 2026 but decided to give the respondents more time to remove the content from public platforms.
”We gave them more than enough time to clean up their posts in open social media because these public online apps can easily be viewed by children,” he said.
Aragon said KSMBPI is not opposing adult-oriented content but maintained that such material should be restricted to platforms that are inaccessible to minors.
”If they want to do adult content, they should provide themselves an exclusive and secured adult site that is safe and cannot be accessed by children,” he said.
He added that freedom of expression has limits when it harms others, particularly minors.
“Freedom of expression is not absolute. Your right to free speech stops when it starts to cause harm to your fellowmen, most especially our innocent children,” Aragon said.
Aragon also said the group is pushing for the passage of a law creating a National Social Media Regulatory Board to address what it described as the dangers posed by unregulated online platforms.
He said the current mandate of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, created in 1985, covers only mainstream media and does not extend to social media, which did not exist at the time.
