MANILA, Philippines — Globe Telecom, Inc. said on Thursday that it has blocked more than 484 million scam and spam messages, shut down 5,707 domains tied to child exploitation and took down 2,785 illegal gambling sites in the first half of 2025 as part of efforts to protect Filipino users online.
Globe also said its StopSpam portal processed 87,624 SIM reports in the first half of 2025, resulting in the deactivation of 9,961 SIMs on its network and blacklisting of 77,065 SIMs from other networks.The company added that its filtering system also blocked 248,552 URLs containing child sexual abuse and exploitation materials with 8,385 URLs containing non-photographic images .
These new figures follow Globe’s efforts in 2024, when it blocked over 414,544 malicious URLs across its network.'People just want to feel safe when they go online. Our job is to make sure they can. We don’t wait for problems to escalate. We intercept threats early, work with global partners, and build smarter defenses into every part of our network,” Globe Chief Information Security Officer Anton Bonifacio said.
Telecoms Blocks Over 8K Scam Messages Malicious Domains Illegal Gambling Sites In H1 2025
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