'Live selfie' requirement sought after 'monkey' registers SIM card

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Screenshot from the Senate Committee' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/09/08/20230908-monkey-screenshot-from-the-senate-committee.jpg' ><figcaption>Screenshot from the Senate Committee on Public Services hearing on September 5, 2023. </figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Grace Poe urged government agencies and telco companies to impose a "live selfie" requirement in the process of SIM registration.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/07/23/individuals-who-enter-false-details-in-sim-registration-may-go-to-jail-ntc'>Individuals who enter false details in SIM registration will be penalized: NTC</a></li></ul><p>Poe, chairperson the the Senate public services panel, made the appeal after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) bared that it successfully activated a SIM using a fake government ID bearing the photo of a monkey.</p><p>"Kahit nandyan na ang SIM Registration law, hindi nawala ang scammers. Kaya pakiusap ko na isama na ang live selfie sa requirement ng registration," Poe said.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/31/23/govt-warns-vs-unscrupulous-sale-of-registered-sims'>Gov't warns vs unscrupulous sale of registered SIMs</a></li></ul><p>"We have seen that fake government IDs can get through the telcos' system. The selfies will be an added line of defense in the SIM verification process," she added.</p><p>Poe said live selfies should be part of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR)of the SIM Registration Act. </p><p>After the NBI's revelation, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a warning that individuals who entered false details during SIM registration would face penalties, including imprisonment. </p><p>To address these concerns, NTC said there would be an updating of the IRR as well as the possibility of amending the law. </p><p>The government said that SIM registration would curb text scams, as the identities of people who use SIMs for illegal activities could be traced. </p><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/kFcEDSMXfKI?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>"Kahit nandyan na ang SIM Registration law, hindi nawala ang scammers. Kaya pakiusap ko na isama na ang live selfie sa requirement ng registration," Poe said.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/31/23/govt-warns-vs-unscrupulous-sale-of-registered-sims'>Gov't warns vs unscrupulous sale of registered SIMs</a></li></ul><p>"We have seen that fake government IDs can get through the telcos' system. The selfies will be an added line of defense in the SIM verification process," she added.</p><p>Poe said live selfies should be part of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR)of the SIM Registration Act. </p><p>After the NBI's revelation, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a warning that individuals who entered false details during SIM registration would face penalties, including imprisonment. </p><p>To address these concerns, NTC said there would be an updating of the IRR as well as the possibility of amending the law. </p><p>The government said that SIM registration would curb text scams, as the identities of people who use SIMs for illegal activities could be traced. </p><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/kFcEDSMXfKI?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/07/23/individuals-who-enter-false-details-in-sim-registration-may-go-to-jail-ntc'>Individuals who enter false details in SIM registration will be penalized: NTC</a></li></ul><p>Poe, chairperson the the Senate public services panel, made the appeal after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) bared that it successfully activated a SIM using a fake government ID bearing the photo of a monkey.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Screenshot from the Senate Committee' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/09/08/20230908-monkey-screenshot-from-the-senate-committee.jpg' ><figcaption>Screenshot from the Senate Committee on Public Services hearing on September 5, 2023. </figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Grace Poe urged government agencies and telco companies to impose a "live selfie" requirement in the process of SIM registration.</p>

Sen. Grace Poe said live selfies should be part of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR)of the SIM Registration Act. 

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'Live selfie' requirement sought after 'monkey' registers SIM card

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