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PH 'fully meets' standards in measures vs human trafficking: US report

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 01:27 PM

MANILA — The Philippines has retained the highest status in its compliance with measures against human trafficking, the US State Department said in its just released annual report.  Read more »

GrabFood users with unclaimed orders may face penalties soon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 08:09 AM

GrabFood users who do not show up to claim their orders will soon face account penalties amid outcry on social media over unclaimed orders, the app said Wednesday. Read more »

Parusa sa di nagke-claim ng GrabFood order pag-aaralan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 08:28 PM

Ito ay matapos mag-viral ang pag-aabono ng mga rider sa order ng mga user na hindi nagpaparamdam.   Read more »

Engineers for social good to be recognized

Manila Water Foundation
Updated as of Jun 19 05:33 PM

Manila Water Foundation collaborates with DOST and PTC to highlight Filipino engineers who work for the social good. Read more »

PH post sa Milan nagbabala laban sa Facebook scam

Maricel Burgonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 09:02 AM

TORINO, Italy - Nagbabala ang Philippine Consulate General sa Milan sa Italy hinggil sa isang modus operandi na bumibiktima sa mga kaibigan at kamag-anak ng mga overseas Filipino worker gamit ang kanilang Facebook accounts. Read more »

Self-rated poverty falls to new record low: SWS

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 02:21 PM

The number of Filipinos who consider themselves poor fell to a new record low of 38 percent in the first quarter of 2019, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Tuesday. Read more »

Advertisers, agencies and social media combine to tackle online threat

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 03:16 PM

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will also include media buying agencies from the major ad groups - WPP, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom and Dentsu - as well as the platform owners, the group said on Tuesday at the ad industry's annual gathering in Cannes, France. Read more »

This millennial is helping Cordillera, one young person at a time

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 06:08 PM

Instead of taking the more familiar route of getting a decent-paying job after college, Wryneth Mayapit opted to dedicate her life to helping rural communities in the Cordillera region, where she was born and raised. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Celebs pen Father's Day messages

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 01:00 AM

Several Kapamilya stars and other celebrities took to social media to share their messages for their fathers, significant others and the other fathers in their lives this Father's Day. Read more »

VIRAL: Gurong may 'kakaibang estilo' sa bati

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 06:57 AM

Viral ngayon sa social media ang kakaibang estilo ng isang kindergarten teacher sa Malabon City.    Read more »

Instagram, PlayStation hit with outages

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 08:38 AM

The website DownDetector.com showed a spike in reports of Instagram being unavailable in the afternoon, nearly hitting 54,000 before diving back down. Read more »

Amid privacy firestorm, Facebook curbs research tool

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 05:26 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Facebook has curbed access to a controversial feature allowing searches of the vast content within the social network -- a tool which raised privacy concerns but was also used for research and investigative journalism. Read more »

Social media among 'biggest challenges' in crackdown on Kapa Ministry: SEC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 11:32 PM

The Philippines' top corporate regulator said social media proved to be among the biggest challenges in its crackdown against alleged investment scammer Kapa Community Ministry. Read more »

Surveillance-savvy Hong Kong protesters go digitally dark

Elaine Yu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 09:14 PM

Hong Kong's tech-savvy protesters are going digitally dark as they try to avoid surveillance and potential future prosecutions, disabling location tracking on their phones, buying train tickets with cash and purging their social media conversations. Read more »

Grupo ng gov't workers humiling ng P16,000 minimum wage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 08:19 PM

Hiniling ng mga guro at kawani ng gobyerno na itaas ang kanilang buwanang sahod at wakasan ang kontraktuwalisasyon.  Read more »

'Social media salik kung bakit lumaki ang Kapa ministry'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 07:54 PM

Paano nga ba dumamim ang Kapa Community Ministry International sa kabila ng mga babala na sila ay investment scam? Read more »

Dissecting Data: Facebook's latest report on protecting users

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 08:18 PM

Amid rising scrutiny, Facebook recently released its latest report on how its protecting users against harmful content such as fake news, terror propaganda and even the sale of drugs and firearms. Read more »

#RP612fic: Mga nakakaaliw na memes sa Araw ng Kalayaan 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 01:53 PM

Kasabay ng paggunita sa Araw ng Kalayaan ngayong Miyerkoles, muling nagbigay aliw sa social media ang hashtag na #RP612fic. Read more »

Fake Zuckerberg video challenges Facebook’s rules

Cade Metz, The New York Times
Updated as of Jun 12 08:26 AM

Posted to the Facebook-owned social network Instagram, the video shows Zuckerberg speaking directly into the camera, boasting of nefarious motives behind his online empire. Read more »

Media sector seeks new powers to challenge Big Tech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 07:30 AM

The US House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee opened the first in what is expected to be a series of hearings examining the dominance of Big Tech in several economic sectors. Read more »