Sen. Grace Poe on Thustressed the need to put in place tighter measures to curb financial fraud and protect the Filipinos hard-earned money as more shift to online banking and digital payments.
Sen. Mark Villar is batting for the passage of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act or AFASA to fight the rising cases of online scams, while Sen. Grace Poe said authorities should test the mettle of the SIM Registration law by arresting and penalizing text scammers.
The government’s pilot run motorcycle taxi allowed motorcycle transport network companies (TNC) -- Angkas, JoyRide, and Move It -- to have a combined total cap of 45,000 riders in Metro Manila.
Sen. Grace Poe also suggested requiring streaming services to secure legislative franchises before they are allowed to operate in the country like cable and broadcast companies.
Sen. Grace Poe said Senate Bill 1310 also included penalties for "spoofing," or the altering of the SIMs to make it appear that messages were sent by other registered users.
Sen. Grace Poe highlighted the need to also dig deeper on how the telcos guarantee that their respective database is shielded from breaches and leakages.
Sen. Grace Poe expressed disappointment over the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC) seeming slack in taking action against the proliferation of text scams victimizing millions of mobile phone users.
Sen. Grace Poe has refiled her bill seeking to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to widen their reach and establish a minimum and consistent Internet connection speed.
