Aside from the mandatory SIM card registration, Senate Bill 2395 also mandates social media account providers to require users to register their real names and phone numbers before the creation of their social media accounts.
The monument was 3D-printed at the state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Center of the DOST’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC).
The information panel giving topical context will appear regardless of the opinions and perspectives expressed in the video, on both search results and watch pages when people search for topics on YouTube that are prone to misinformation.
Civil society groups, however, have opposed the proposed legislation as a knee-jerk reaction that could also create a bigger security problem once the database of SIM cards is breached.
The House of Representatives also approved House Bill 10329, which would institutionalize a program for the integration of digital technology and innovation in public basic education.
The policy will apply to election advertisements that are purchased through Google Ads, Display and Video 360, and Shopping platforms that advertisers intend to place on Google, YouTube, and partner properties.
The government has also formed an inter-agency group to receive complaints from cellular phone subscribers and will be tasked with forwarding the numbers used by scammers to telcos for blocking.
The government issued a statement on Monday, Nov. 29, reminding e-commerce platforms to ensure that all products under the DTI mandatory certification that are offered for sale in their sites should bear the Philippine Standard (PS) mark or the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) sticker.
Pierre Tito A. Galla, co-founder of Democracy.Net.PH, said the Philippines needs the Open Access and Data Transmission Act, a proposed bill, to have coherent governance of data transmission infrastructure.
