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Digital transformation of local businesses could create up to P5 trillion in annual economic value by 2030, according to a new report commissioned by Google Philippines.

The campaign was launched together with various tech companies — Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter —pledging their support to help fight Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation online.

Facebook, for its part, said it has removed 5.4 million pieces of child nudity and sexual exploitation from their platform.

Google and local non-profit group Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) have partnered to launch #YOUTHink, a local magazine that aims to help in the quest of ending misinformation through media literacy education.

Taking the number one spot on the list is the recently concluded US presidential elections. The whole world, including the Philippines, had their eyes on the race which saw a tight competition between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

The site provides Filipino and Cebuano translations and definitions of the featured terms, their part of speech, as well as usage in a sentence.

The package of initiatives also include the national deployment, in partnership with DepEd of Google’s Suite for Education.

As the Department of Health (DOH) grows the list of certified Covid-19 laboratories in the country, Google has added new testing centers on Maps so Filipinos can find more sites near them as they search on the platform.

Google Philippines released today, July 25, a doodle to celebrate the 92nd birthday of Comedy King “Dolphy” whose charm and humor warmed hearts and made him a household name among millions of Filipinos.

News and updates related to Covid-19 continue to be on the list in the most searched queries and terms that topped Filipinos’ search history for the month of June.