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In a letter to Smart, Globe, and DITO dated Sept. 12, NTC Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba said that URLs, TinyURLS, SmartLinks and QR codes from malicious sites identified by a government database must be blocked or deactivated. READ:

In a letter to Smart Communications, Inc., Globe Telecom, Inc., and DITO Telecommunity Corp. dated Sept. 12, NTC Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba said that URLs, TinyURLS, SmartLinks and QR codes from malicious sites identi“The NTC is conducting investigation; we are on prevention,” Edgardo V. Cabarios, an NTC deputy commissioner, told reporters on Tuesday during the inauguration of PLDT and Smart’s integrated operations center.

Mr. Cabarios said the NTC is also ordering blocks on subscriber identity module cards found to have been sending spam messages.airs Roy D. Ibay said in a statement that the NTC organized a meeting with telcos to collaborate and draft a memorandum aimed at deactivating links to malicious sites.

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