MANILA, Philippines—Telco giant PLDT Inc.’s fight against online child abuse gained ground after the company blocked almost 30,000 links and sites hosting explicit content involving minors as of June 2021.
PLDT, with subsidiary Smart, said the ongoing campaign ramped up following its membership in the United Kingdom-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
IWF is a non-profit organization that works closely with national government law enforcers, internet service providers, and charitable organizations in taking down webpages, keywords, hash lists, and digital fingerprints that contain child abuse materials.
IWF’s members included tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Fa…
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