The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has disowned its earlier claim that the House of Representatives called on Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing, even as the agency urged the media to avoid misinformation.
Deputy Speaker and Iloilo representative Janette Garin said lawmakers believed the DICT lacked the authority or resolve to confront large online platforms despite their extensive reach and commercial operations in the Philippines.
The leadership of the House of Representatives has deferred consideration of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)’s proposed budget over unresolved concerns involving Meta, the mother company of Facebook, including the platform’s handling of online child sexual abuse and other risks to young users.
The Philippine government and Meta have agreed to establish a technical working group to improve coordination and response times in addressing harmful content, online threats of violence, and child sexual abuse and exploitation material on the company’s platforms.
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that psychological violence committed through Facebook may carry a penalty higher by one degree under the Cybercrime Prevention Act, provided the use of information and communications technology is alleged in the criminal charge and proven during trial.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said its recent engagement with Facebook-owner Meta Platforms over online disinformation has yet to produce the concrete commitments the Philippine government is seeking.
In its market study, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) examined how data collection practices of large technology firms — particularly Meta’s Facebook and Google — shape market power in the Philippines’ rapidly expanding digital ecosystem.
Biologists have launched the Philippine Tarsier Conservation and Research Initiative on Facebook — a platform for sharing knowledge, raising awareness, and sparking action to protect tarsiers.
Developed by Bryl Lim and his team at PocketDevs, TunAI won top honors at the inaugural OpenGov Hackathon, hosted by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) last May 22, 2025.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC) have called on Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — to act more swiftly against online disinformation, fake accounts, and coordinated inauthentic behavior, even beyond the May 12 national and local elections.
