Communications & Technology

Globe is strengthening its online safety safeguards and blocking hundreds of websites that promote or depict extreme violence — including content related to school shootings — as part of broader efforts to protect children and young people from harmful digital material.

Filipinos’ growing use of financial apps has moved cybersecurity from back-end concern to central user experience, Maya executives said at the BusinessWorld Cybersecurity Summit. This shift reshapes industry practices, customer expectations, and regulatory needs.

PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. have blocked more than 100 websites found streaming or hosting footage of school shootings and other acts of extreme violence, moving to shield users from harmful and disturbing online material.

Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has launched two new business centers here in Tacloban and Ormoc, broadening its customer service network across the province of Leyte.

As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, balancing large-scale adoption with trust, security, and governance has become a critical industry challenge.