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Philippine lawmakers continue to push for SIM-card registration despite veto

By Jet Damazo-Santos
  • 17 Apr 2022 22:24
  • 17 Apr 2022 22:24
Proponents of the Philippines’ SIM-card registration bill are calling on congress to reconsider the draft legislation for approval following the president’s decision to veto it over a controversial provision requiring real-name registration for social-media accounts. 
“We count on Congress to act in a timely manner in reconsidering the bill for

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Jet Damazo-Santos

Correspondent, Jakarta


Jet Damazo-Santos has been covering antitrust, data protection and other compliance issues in key jurisdictions in Southeast Asia for MLex full time since 2018. She has almost two decades of journalism experience in the Philippines and Indonesia, where she was the associate editor for the Jakarta Globe and the Jakarta bureau chief for Rappler Indonesia prior to joining MLex. She holds a master's degree in Applied Business Economics from the University of Asia and the Pacific.

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