Globe Takes Action: Blocking Violent Sites for a Safer Internet

Globe is supporting efforts to curb access to online content depicting school shootings and other acts of extreme violence, as concerns continue to grow over children and young people’s exposure to harmful material online.

The company said proactive network-level blocking has long been a key 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 US$2.7 million in investments in advanced content filtering and blocking systems.

Globe 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 recent harrowing incidents, Globe is now blocking hundreds of additional sites that stream or host illegal gore-related content or material associated with extreme violence, alongside measures 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 continues to collaborate with government agencies and 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 online content.

As online threats continue to evolve, Globe said it will further strengthen its safeguards while supporting efforts toward a broader and more coordinated industry response to protecting children and young people online.

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