Philippine Telecom Company Commences Cyberwellness Movement to Encourage Online Well-being and Protection



MANILA, Philippines, February 19: Numerous internet users are in jeopardy of falling victim to cybercriminals because of online practices that make them extremely susceptible to attacks, provoking chief Philippine mobile operator Globe Telecom to unveil a cyberwellness movement which encourages reliable and sensible online activities.

"Being in the forefront of digital innovations -- from providing reliable mobile and broadband connections to world-class content offerings, global partners and more, Globe continuously seeks solutions that will support its sustainability philosophy to allow it to operate in a socially responsible way. Thus, we believe that being a purveyor of digital lifestyle, it is also our responsibility to promote online health, safety, and positive digital citizenship for all," stated Yoly Crisanto, Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications.

Thus, Globe presented CyberPinoy (Cyber Filipino) movement for example ProTECH101, Stop Spam, and more newly, the Digital Thumbprint Program to amalgamate all its endeavors to encompass a digital country.

ProTECH101 is an online information effort that tries to update netizens of the perils of online offences by retelling them to keep their accounts and precious facts protected while Stop Spam is a plan to tackle the rise of spam and scam messages by means of a Globe channel (http://www.globe.com.ph/stopspam) where customers can report such incidents.

With the youth being significantly denoted in the online group, Globe also embraced the Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP) of Optus and Singtel in Australia. DTP is a prize-winning program that educates high school students to appreciate the effect of their online conduct and how to be secure and sensible for their online actions. By means of three workshops, the pupils ascertain how to recognize appropriate online actions, be conscious of expertise's effect on their social actions, and acquire abilities on how to utilize expertise to aid them attain life objectives.

While the internet delivers pleasing experiences, it is as well home to corrupt people for example scammers, swindlers, persecutors, and sexual raiders who are out to damage or gain benefit at the expense of other people.

Online scam surpassed the list of objections taken by the Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) from 2013 to 2015 with a total of 366 occurrences, trailed by online vilification with 240 cases, online intimidations with 129, identity pilfering with 127 and anti-photo and video voyeurism with 89.

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