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Globe said proactive network-level blocking has long been part of its approach to online safety.
STAR/File
MANILA, Philippines — One of the country’s major telecommunications companies said it supports efforts to curb access to online content depicting school shootings and other acts of extreme violence, as concerns grow over the exposure of children and young people to harmful content online.
Globe said proactive network-level blocking has long been part of its approach to online safety. In 2025 alone, Globe blocked 438,446 domains and URLs containing child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM), backed by more than $2.7 million in investments in advanced content filtering and blocking systems. It has also gone beyond existing requirements by expanding its safeguards to cover non-photographic imagery and, since August 2024, AI-generated child sexual abuse materials.
In response to the recent harrowing incidents, Globe is blocking additional hundreds of sites that stream or host illegal gore-related content or those related to extreme violence, together with what was recently ordered by Philippine government agencies.
“We have a responsibility to help make the online environment safer, especially for children and young people. As new risks emerge, we need to keep looking at what more we can do. The recent school shooting incident is one opportunity where the industry can work together by removing sites that induce violence in our networks. At Globe, we are ready to do our part and protect children online,” said Atty. Froilan Castelo, Globe general counsel.
Globe said it continues to work with government, local and international organizations, including the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P), which support efforts to identify and restrict access to harmful and illegal content. As online threats evolve, Globe will continue strengthening its safeguards and support efforts toward a broader, coordinated industry response.
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