The Philippine Statistics Authority will host and operate an Ateneo de Manila University platform that lets local governments and non-government organizations verify National ID holders even when an office has […]

The Philippine House of Representatives has approved a bill that would bar children under 13 from creating or maintaining social media accounts, advancing legislation that still must be reconciled with […]

The Philippine Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that would bar people under 18 from accessing or creating accounts on “high-risk” online platforms and require those […]

The Philippine Statistics Authority’s proposed ₱2.48 billion digital National ID partnership has cleared an investment review and is moving into competitive procurement. The project would cover upgrades, operations and maintenance […]

Philippine government agencies have opened a public-private discussion on using the PhilSys national identity system to verify the ages of social-media users. The Department of Information and Communications Technology and […]

The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group is urging lawmakers to amend the SIM Registration Act so applicants use the national ID and biometric authentication before a mobile number is activated. […]

Meta and Philippine government agencies are forming a technical working group to examine how the Philippine Identification System could support age and identity verification on the company’s online platforms. The […]

Roblox has agreed to integrate the Philippine Identification System into its age and identity verification for users in the country, according to the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center. The commitment […]

The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission has warned that creating or distributing AI-generated images and videos based on a real person’s face may violate the country’s Data Privacy Act when there […]