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Globe blocks SMS with clickable links to beat scammers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 10:04 AM

Globe Telecom on Friday said it has started blocking all messages with clickable link in a bid to ramp up security against SMS-linked scam. Read more »

Poe lauds Senate OK of SIM card registration bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 12:22 PM

The Senate approval of the SIM Card Registration bill brings the Philippines closer to putting an end to the SMS-linked scams, Senator Grace Poe said. Read more »

NTC orders telcos to deactivate clickable links in malicious texts

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 09:41 AM

The National Telecommunications Commission has ordered the 3 major telco players to deactivate clickable URL or links from malicious site contained in text messages amid the rise in SMS-based scam. Read more »

Mabilog wife: Duterte drug claims are 'lies, old news'

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 12:50 PM

The wife of ex-Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog dismissed President Duterte's fresh tirades against her husband as 'lies' and 'old news.' Read more »

Toyota warns against online promo scams

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 07:27 PM

MANILA - Toyota Motor Philippines on Thursday advised its customers to be vigilant against scams as the company has received information on fake promotions circulating online riding on its 80th anniversary.    Read more »

Malicious tagging resurfaces on FB, with some accounts hacked

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 01:54 AM

MANILA (UPDATED)- Social media users in the Philippines are once again reporting malicious tagging on Facebook, which some have said led to their accounts being hacked and suspended. Read more »

TIPS: Mga dapat gawin kapag na-tag sa malisyosong Facebook link

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 09:21 PM

Narito ang ilang dapat gawin kapag nakatanggap ng malisyosong link sa Facebook, ayon sa isang cyber security analyst.    Read more »

Facebook probes malicious video tags, warns vs 'suspicious' links, messages

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 09:20 AM

Facebook said Wednesday it was looking into reports of malicious tagging after social media users in the Philippines claimed they have been tagged with pornographic content from people not on their friends list.  Read more »

Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways

The Conversation, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 10:52 AM

Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking to their sites, comes into force. Read more »

UN: Jacob Blake shooting highlights need to eradicate racism-policing links

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 09:32 PM

GENEVA - The shooting of African American Jacob Blake by US law enforcement was a painful reminder of the need to eliminate links between policing and racism, a United Nations spokesman said Friday. Read more »

Bato: Terror law to boost drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 02:09 PM

The new anti-terrorism law will help law enforcers go after drug traffickers who evade arrest with the help of extremist groups, Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said Wednesday.    Read more »