A Philippine subsite on Reddit, a US-based media aggregator and discussion site, has caught the attention of its users for “disturbing” posts of photos of women, including celebrities, apparently without their consent.

An unnamed user sent a message to The Manila Times on Monday about “r/Jakolandia” and sent a screenshot of a Google Drive containing the photos.

The forum has 2,600 subscribers and was compared to the “Bible Study ni Pastor Hokage,” which also got similar attention last year.





“Is this really okay? As per one of the Redditors that I’ve talked to, parang eto rin nga yung (this is similar to) Hokage groups sa (on) Facebook,” user SleepyCakey posted.

“Okay lang sana kung pornstars talaga yung pinagppiestahandun pero hindi, (if those who are feasted on are pornstars, but no, they are) innocent girls, kahit (even those who are) fully clothed pa, napapagusapan rin dun (are talked about).” I even saw the infamous Google Drive of the ex-GF’s shared doon (there). Can we do something about this? Or do we just turn a blind eye kasi (because) ‘boys will always be boys’?”

The Reddit user said the subsite was reported to the administrators.

Another user named stranglingisfun thought that it was only pictures of celebrities until posters of classmates, colleagues, and neighbors started appearing, accompanied by crude comments.

“Yung mga nag co-comment (Those who comment) at nag po-post (and post) dun madalas mo din makikita dito sa r/ph [Reddit Philippines],” the user wrote. “That sub is a cesspool of sexually frustrated disgusting men who share and jacks off to the photos of unaware people they personally know or even photos of underage teens/kids.”

A check at Reddit’s content policies state that it was against “pornography and sexual content against minors.”

“Images or video of intimate parts of a person’s body, even if the person is clothed or in public, are also not allowed if apparently created or posted without their permission and contextualized in a salacious manner,” its policy read. “This includes child sexual abuse imagery, child pornography, and any other content, including fantasy content (e.g. stories, anime), that encourages or promotes pedophilia, child exploitation, or otherwise sexualizes minors. Depending on the context, this can in some cases include depictions of minors that are fully clothed and not engaged in overtly sexual acts.”

In 2017, several Facebook pages and groups exposed photos of young women with alleged members of a Bible study group, four of who were arrested.