Globe Telecom Inc. yesterday said it has logged a 45 percent increase in the number of blocked websites associated with child pornography, illegal gambling, online piracy and other malicious content.
In the first nine months of the year, Globe blocked a total of 404,730 sites and links, compared to the 278,555 registered in the same period last year, following an upgrade of its filtering capabilities in both mobile and broadband services.
This increase was even more pronounced in the third quarter of the year, where the number of malicious sites cut off by Globe soared by 71 percent to 267,985, compared to 156,857 reported in the same quarter of 2022.
Delving deeper into the January to September figures, Globe said it blocked 397,637 URLs (Uniform Resource Links), a significant rise from 275,720 in 2022.
It has also restricted 4,795 domains in 2023, more than three times higher than the 1,432 blocked in the previous year.
Focusing on child pornography, one of the most heinous online crimes, Globe said it barred 2,298 domains by the end of September, compared to 1,403 during the same period last year.
