PLDT-Smart, Globe, Converge told to explain: NTC issues show cause orders to 47 ISPs for failure to comply with anti-child porn law

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has sent show cause orders to 47 internet service providers (ISPs) who failed to complay with Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said on Tuesday (Feb. 9).

“NTC already issued a showcause order to ISPs who have violated Sec. 9 of RA 9775,” said Villar, the undersecretary in charge of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).

She explained the NTC made the move after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendations of the IACAT to “direct NTC to impose sanctions on ISPs for failure to fulfill duties under RA 9775.”

Villar noted the NTC issued the show cause orders this year.

Those issued show cause orders include PLDT Inc., Smart Communications Inc., Smart Broadband Inc., Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc., Globe Telecom Inc., Innove Communcations Inc., Bayan Telecommunications Inc., Sky Cable Corporation Inc., Converge ICT Solutions Inc., Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Naic Cable TV Corporation, AMS Paracale CATV System, Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation, Textron Corporation, Telecommunications Technologies Philippines Inc., Philippine Global Communications, Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc., Infinivan Inc., Cablelink Holdings Corporation and Cablelink Internet Service Inc., Sear Telecommunications Inc., Telstra Philippines Inc., Responsible Internet Sustainability Effort Inc., PHILWEB Corp., E-PLDT INc., General Telephone System Inc., TELCONWORXS Inc., Colorview CATV Inc., Philippine Network Foundation Inc., Planet Cable Inc., Telmarc Corp., Skymiles Inc., Kontak One Management Inc., WifiCity Inc., FIL Products Service TV Inc., IP Converge Data Services Inc., PHCOLO, BC Net Inc., Nclub Inc., AER PlatinumBand Services and Trading Inc., AirFib Corp., Apollo Technologies Inc., Apollo Global Corp., Binangonan Cable TV Corp., Biz’n Cloud Networks Inc., and Blackfiber Communications Corp.

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