PLDT, Smart block 83,000 attempts to access child abuse links
PLDT and Smart said they blocked 83,000 attempts to open links related to child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM) in January 2026, about 50% lower than the same month…
Globe expands safeguards vs online child exploitation
Telecommunications company Globe is strengthening its efforts to protect children online by expanding cybersecurity tools, awareness programs, and reporting channels to help prevent Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children…
PLDT Group identifies nearly 2 million child abuse URLs since 2021
The PLDT Group has identified nearly two million web links containing online child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM) since June 2021, according to data from PLDT and Smart’s Cyber…
Globe blocks 484 million scam messages in first half of 2025
Telecommunications company Globe blocked more than 484 million scam and spam messages in the first half of 2025. It also shut down 5,707 domains linked to child exploitation and other…
PLDT, Smart bring online child safety campaign to Bantayan schools
Telecommunications company PLDT Inc. and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. are working closely with local communities in Bantayan Island, Cebu, to help protect children from online sexual abuse and…
PLDT and Smart promote children’s safety with storybook
PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. have launched a new storybook, “Ang Paglalakbay ni Tala (The Adventures of Tala),” to advocate for children’s rights and promote internet safety. Created in…
Globe intensifies online safety efforts
Telecommunications company Globe has recorded a significant increase in its efforts to block online content related to child pornography and illegal gambling in the first half of 2024. The company…
PLDT, Smart, FFH train coaches in child online protection
PLDT and Smart team up with Football for Humanity (FFH) to offer Psychological First Aid (PFA) training to football coaches. This initiative targets the multi-sectoral fight against online sexual abuse…
Converge blocks almost 12 billion attempts to access illegal sites
Converge ICT Solutions Inc., a fiber broadband and technology provider, has reported that it blocked nearly 12 billion entry attempts to illegal sites by the end of 2023. This represents…
Globe blocks nearly half a million child porn sites in 2023
According to Globe, it successfully blocked a total of 489,849 child pornography sites in 2023. The figure shows an increase of 22% from the 401,487 websites in 2022. The count…
PLDT, Smart warn of emerging AI-generated child abuse materials
PLDT and Smart Communications are cautioning the public about the threat posed by artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-generated child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM). This warning was issued during…
PLDT, Smart push for ‘chain of trust’ to fight online child sexual abuse
PLDT and Smart’s chief information security officer Angel Redoble urges internet service providers and other stakeholders to band together and form a “Global Chain of Trust” (GCT) to create safe…
PLDT, Smart block 400 million fraudulent text messages
In support of the recently implemented SIM Registration Act, PLDT and Smart have intensified anti-cybercrime efforts to clamp down on illegal activities perpetrated over SMS and online platforms. By the…
PLDT, Smart block over half-a-million child abuse links
The Cyber Security Operations Group (CSOG) of PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) has blocked more than 522,000 URLs that show child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), as…
PLDT, Smart block 250,000 attempts to access online child abuse materials in July
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) continue to clamp down on the spread of child abuse materials (CSAM) online. In July alone, PLDT and Smart’s Cyber Security…
Palo Alto Networks powers PLDT-Smart’s child protection platform
PLDT and wireless arm Smart Communications further intensify the fight against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children by tapping cybersecurity solutions firm Palo Alto Networks to develop a Child…
Gov’t cybercrime center opens digital forensics laboratory
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) unveils the Digital Forensics Platform and Laboratory (DFPAL) that would help the government fight against cybercrime, specifically online sexual abuse, and exploitation of…
PLDT, Smart block over 224K URLs linked to online child abuse
Through the intensified capability of their leading cybersecurity solutions and Child Protection Platform, PLDT and Smart have blocked over one billion user attempts to access online child sexual abuse materials…
PLDT, Smart transition to IPv6 for more secure internet browsing
As part of solutions helping curtail online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC), network connectivity provider PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications are strengthening the adoption of the…
PLDT, Smart laud strengthening of online child protection law
As cases of human trafficking and online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) continue to rise in the country, telecommunications providers PLDT and Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) laud government…
Twitter, Plan Int’l to launch campaign vs online child sexual abuse
Recognizing the increasing need to protect children from online sexual exploitation, social media platform Twitter and non-governmental organization Plan International Philippines teamed up to develop the “#NotForSale: A Safer Twitter”…
Global alliances, policy breakthrough mark PLDT, Smart’s child protection campaign
As digital connectivity remained vital to the daily life of Filipino children this 2021, PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) continued to champion policies and…
PLDT, Smart link up with Canada’s C3P to expand online child safety alliances
Philippines’ integrated telecommunications company PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) widen their scope in fostering a safer digital environment for children with their newly formed…
PLDT and Smart pledge continued support for anti-child abuse, trafficking programs
In light of the culmination of the Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership between the United States and the Philippine governments, PLDT and Smart Communications pledged to continue enabling programs of…
PLDT blocks record 88,000 child abuse links as part of fight vs OSAEC
PLDT’s campaign against online child abuse picked up pace in the last three months, blocking at least a record 88,000 sites and links, nearly three times more in a period…
PLDT, Smart ramp up fight vs online sexual exploitation of children
PLDT and Smart are working with youth-led organization Kids for Kids Philippines (Kids for Kids PH) and SaferKidsPH, the pioneering consortium of Save the Children, The Asia Foundation and UNICEF,…
Eastern Communications teams up with IWF in fight vs online child sexual abuse
Telecommunications firm Eastern Communications teams up with global non-profit organization Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to prevent online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC). UK-based IWF is is the global…
PLDT, Smart block nearly 30,000 child abuse links
Just a few weeks after it reported blocking 10,000 sites linked to child sexual abuse, PLDT and its wireless unit, Smart said the numbers increased to 30,000 by the end…
PLDT, Smart block more than 10,000 links tied to online sexual child exploitation
Following the report on being able to block 9,000 sites linked to child abuse, PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart clamp down more than 10,000 more sites as part…
PLDT, Smart urge DoJ to join global fight vs online child abuse, human trafficking
PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) are broadening their engagement with stakeholders, ramping up the global fight against online child abuse and human trafficking. The two companies…
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