PLDT Group backs Antipolo drive for safer digital spaces
The City Government of Antipolo brought together government agencies, schools, civil society organizations, and private sector partners for its Information, Education and Communication Public School Caravan on Anti-Trafficking, Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children, and Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Materials.
PLDT, Smart, Teach for the Philippines strengthen digital safety awareness among young learners in CDO
PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. recently collaborated with Teach for the Philippines (TFP), an education-focused non-government organization, to bring the #BeCyberSmart program to Taguanao Elementary School in Cagayan de Oro City, guiding young learners toward responsible and mindful online behavior.
PLDT Group reports nearly 2M child abuse URLs identified since 2021
PLDT and Smart’s Cyber Security Operations Group blocked more than 650,000 attempts to access online child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM) in the first eight months of the year. Since June 2021, the PLDT Group has identified nearly two million URLs containing exploitative child content.
Creating a ‘Better Today’: Cybersecurity caravan reaches the youth
PLDT, Smart, and the Department of Justice Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking rolled out a cybersecurity awareness caravan in public schools to drive awareness, strengthen community education, and fortify digital defenses to protect the most vulnerable.
PLDT, Smart teach kids and their parents to outsmart online threats
PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) enlist more schools to the #BeCyberSmart movement in the new schoolyear to teach children how to navigate the digital world safely and safeguard their rights. The initiative kicked off alongside the Department of Education’s Brigada Eskwela, reaching students, teachers, and parents in key schools across the Philippines.
PLDT, Smart show kids how to #BeCyberSmart with ‘Ang Paglalakbay ni Tala’ storybook
PLDT and Smart, together with the Department of Justice Interagency Council Against Trafficking (DOJ-IACAT), are helping develop the #BeCyberSmart culture among children through storytelling.
PLDT and Smart launch storybook on children’s rights and internet safety developed with Kids for Kids PH, PYDN
PLDT and Smart have partnered with Kids for Kids PH and the Positive Youth Development Network to develop a storybook that advocates for children's rights and promotes online child safety titled "Ang Paglalakbay ni Tala (The Adventures of Tala)."