#against child pornography campaign

Globe Telecom on Monday said that they have blocked over 278,555 web links and domains hosting child pornography in January to September 2022 with a staggering 1,132.5% leap from last year's figure of only 22,371 for the entire year of 2021. This is why we are actively supporting government efforts to restrict access to illegal sites like those containing child pornography by blocking malicious websites and URLs," said Globe Chief Privacy Officer Irish Salandanan-Almeida. The initiative is in line with the Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 which mandates all ISPs to install programs of software to filter or block access to transmission of child porn. "We are relentless in boosting our capabilities to detect and block child pornography pages and other online content that are harmful to our customers. The telco giant earlier invested USD 2.7 million for content filtering systems that block websites and imagery that promote gambling, online piracy, and child pornography. The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has ordered an immediate ban on access to Grok, an AI tool created by Elon Musk, following complaints linked to child pornography. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 due to reported misuse involving the production of sexually-connoted images using the AI, including so-called “deep fakes” involving females and children. Read more in our articles including "Globe strengthens campaign vs child porn, blocks 278,000+ URLs, domains in Jan-Sept 2022" and "Philippines restricts Grok over child pornography concerns".