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Philippine privacy regulator, tech groups united against social-media name registration plan

By Jet Damazo-Santos
  • 09 Mar 2022 06:05
  • 09 Mar 2022 06:05
The Philippine privacy regulator, online platforms and internet-freedom advocates are all opposing draft legislation that would require users to use their real names and phone numbers when creating social-media accounts.
The requirement is part of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act that was ratified by the legislature on

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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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