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The International Justice Mission (IJM) recently lauded PLDT and Smart for expanding their arsenal against online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC).
“When a child abuse content finds its way into a legitimate domain like social media platforms or video-sharing sites, we can’t block the entire web page
Published May 26, 2021, 4:19 PM
Over the past week, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. blocked over 5,800 links with child sex abuse materials on the more difficult content-level.
This was on top of at least 3,000 domains they have cut access to in their battle against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC), prior to their membership to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
As of this moment, PLDT and Smart are the only local telcos with the ability to block up to the content level, preventing abusers from taking advantage of children online.
The membership into the UK-based IWF is a vital cog in the telcos’ child protection platform.
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(Photo grabbed from Internet Watch Foundation s Facebook)
+ May 05, 2021 PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have formalized their membership into the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), broadening its global fight against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSEAC).
The IWF membership officially makes PLDT and Smart the first in the Philippines to join the global coalition of more than 150 organizations, including some of the world’s largest tech giants in the fight against OSAEC. With the IWF members, PLDT and Smart gain access to a wider database on which to block harmful links. The IWF, which has identified at least 9,000 domains linked to online child abuse, counts Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Telefonica, and Vodafone among its members.
Published February 10, 2021, 8:21 AM
As the world celebrates Safer Internet Day on February 9, 2021, PLDT, the country’s largest integrated telco and its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), are expanding efforts to fight online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).
PLDT and Smart have invested close to P2 billion this year to run their advanced cybersecurity operations center.
“This is where we predict, prevent, detect, and respond to all types of cyber threats including those related to OSAEC. This is where we identify phishing and scamming activities. Now, this includes notifying our enterprise subscribers of attacks and high-risk activities inside their network,” described Angel Redoble, FVP and Chief Information Security Officer of PLDT, Smart and ePLDT.
As the world celebrates Safer Internet Day today (February 9, 2021), local telcos report on how they battled the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).
PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. disclosed they invested P2 billion this year in their advanced cybersecurity operatio
SunStar PLDT shuts down over 3K domains with links to online child abuse
SAFE INTERNET. With more children glued to the internet for online learning, the PLDT Group is advocating safe internet by blocking online materials that have inappropriate content. (SunStar file)
+ February 08, 2021 TO CONTINUE combating online child exploitation, telecommunication company PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), have strengthened their capabilities to block materials and domains linked to online child abuse.
With children spending more time on the web due to online learning, the PLDT Group, through its Cyber Security Operations Group, shut down 3,020 domains linked to online child abuse.
Published January 13, 2021, 9:42 AM
PLDT Inc. and wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) took down 3,011 sites that host illicit content featuring children, in compliance with National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) orders.
The PLDT Group upholds protection from online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) during the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition, the PLDT Group is also building up the capacity of its network-based child protection platform and testing additional technologies to allow automatic blocking of end-user access to OSAEC, or child pornographic content.
“When users try to open these malicious materials on our network blacklist, our child protection platform will automatically redirect them to a landing page saying the files violate the country’s Anti-Child Pornography Law,” explained Angel Redoble, FVP and Chief Information Security Officer of ePLDT Group, PLDT Group, and Smart Communications.
Published January 12, 2021, 8:00 PM
The Philippines’ largest integrated telco PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), continue to fortify protection from online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) during the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the PLDT Group has taken down 3,011 sites that host illicit content featuring children as mandated by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
The PLDT Group is also building up further the capacity of its network-based child protection platform and is currently testing additional technologies that would allow automatic blocking of end-user access to OSAEC or child pornographic content.
“When users try to open these malicious materials that are on our network blacklist, our child protection platform will automatically redirect them to a landing page that informs them that the files they’re trying to access violate the country’s Anti-Child Pornography Law,” explained Angel Redobl