PLDT, Smart push for ‘chain of trust’ to fight OSAEC

Submitted by mcco on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 17:30
PLDT and Smart’s Chief Information Security Officer Angel T. Redoble urges internet service providers and other stakeholders to band together and form a ‘Global Chain of Trust’ (GCT) to create a clean cyberspace for all users and stop the proliferation of child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM) online.   

PLDT, Smart boost advocacy groups’ anti-OSAEC efforts in PH

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 03/07/2023 - 12:32
The Philippines’ largest integrated telecommunications network PLDT, Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. have been tapped as the exclusive telco partner of the SCROL (Safety For Children and Their Rights Online) Project by Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Asia, and the Cebu-based Bidlisiw Foundation, Inc., to combat online child sexual exploitation.

PLDT, Smart block 1.5 billion attempts on opening malicious domains in January, reinforcing safer spaces online

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 11:57
PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. remain relentless in protecting customers against cyber-attacks. PLDT and Smart’s Cyber Security Operations Group (CSOG) prevented 1.5 billion attempts to open malicious domains in January.

PLDT, Smart block 522k child abuse links, pursue collaborations on child protection

Submitted by mcco on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 10:35
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) remain relentless in protecting children online. As of end-November 2022, PLDT and Smart’s Cyber Security Operations Group (CSOG) has blocked more than 522,000 URLs that show child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).