Journalist Maria Ressa, who sharply criticized US-based social media giants during her speech when she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in December, will attend Wednesday's (January 12) Senate hearing on disinformation, Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said over the weekend.
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it is set to launch this month the Unified Logistics Pass (ULP), an online platform that aims to facilitate the movement of trucks for hire that deliver basic goods and necessities across the country.
Department of Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III had earlier instructed agencies attached to the DOF and government financial institutions to institutionalize a cybersecurity program through a shared defense strategy.
Developing an integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) will help improve public financial management in the Philippines, according to World Bank lead public sector specialist Fabian Seiderer.
Both ABS-CBN News and Rappler were affected by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, causing the two websites inaccessible for several hours. ABS-CBN News was knocked out for six hours last Dec. 11, while Rappler experienced the same last Dec. 15.
Nearly two years of disruption to the fabric of society has resulted in a collective shift in people’s relationships with work, consumerism, technology and the planet, pushing companies to design new ways of doing business, according to the annual Fjord Trends report from Accenture.
Sen. Leila M. de Lima is against Sec. 5 of Senate Bill 2395, which requires telcos to forward the registration information of users to a centralized database accessible by both the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
Supreme Court (SC) chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo said that “technology will play a very significant role in the administration of justice” during the Virtual Convention of the Philippine Trial Judges League Inc. (PTJLI) on Friday, Dec. 17.
To reduce, if not eliminate, online hate speech and disinformation, former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio said online platforms, not the libeled public official, should assume the burden of proving malice.
