Together with Football for Humanity, PLDT and Smart strengthen child protection initiatives by providing training for football coaches to help turn them into providers of psychological first-aid care for survivors of OSAEC.

PLDT and Smart call for a deeper collaborative approach in fighting online sexual abuse and exploitation of children at the 7th National Women’s Summit. The PLDT Group earlier pledged continuous support to government efforts in protecting children online following the call of President Marcos to intensify the fight against OSAEC.

Over 1M OSAEC URLs and online content blocked since June 2021

Leading integrated telco network PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc (Smart) are urging the Government and other industry stakeholders to collaborate more closely to combat online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) and child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM), in compliance with Republic Act no 11930, or the Anti-OSAEC and CSAEM Act.

PLDT and wireless unit Smart participated as private sector representatives and highlighted the importance of harmonizing policies with technology during one of the panel sessions in the recent ASEAN ICT Forum on Child Online Protection held in Bangkok, Thailand.