As disturbing videos of school shootings and other acts of extreme violence continue to circulate online, Globe is strengthening its network safeguards and backing a broader industry effort to keep harmful content away from children and young people.
The company said it is expanding its blocking measures to cover hundreds of additional websites that host or stream illegal gore-related material and other content linked to extreme violence, complementing recent directives from Philippine government agencies.
The move builds on Globe’s long-standing use of network-level filtering as part of its online safety strategy.
In 2025 alone, the company blocked 438,446 domains and URLs containing child sexual abuse and exploitation materials or CSAEM. Globe has invested more than US$2.7 million in advanced systems designed to detect, filter, and restrict access to harmful online content.
Its safeguards have also evolved alongside emerging digital threats. Beyond existing requirements, Globe expanded its protection measures to include non-photographic abusive imagery and, beginning in August 2024, content involving AI-generated child sexual abuse materials.
The latest action comes amid renewed concern over the potential impact of violent online content on young audiences, particularly materials that may glorify, encourage, or normalize extreme acts.
“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,” said Atty. Froilan Castelo, Globe General Counsel.
Castelo said recent school shooting incidents highlight the need for stronger cooperation across the telecommunications and digital industries.
“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,” he added.
Globe said effective online protection requires more than action from a single company. It continues to collaborate with government agencies as well as local and international organizations involved in identifying and restricting access to illegal and harmful material.
Among its partners are the Internet Watch Foundation and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, which work with technology and telecommunications companies to detect abusive content and strengthen online child protection measures.
As harmful material becomes more sophisticated and increasingly difficult to police, Globe said it will continue upgrading its safeguards while supporting a coordinated industry-wide response.
The company stressed that keeping children safer online will require sustained cooperation among telecommunications providers, technology platforms, regulators, families, schools, and child-protection organizations as digital threats continue to evolve.