Globe joins industry push, shuts down violent platforms

Globe reveals that the company is supporting efforts to restrict access to online content depicting school shootings and other violent acts.

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Globe is blocking hundreds more sites hosting gore and extreme violence

In particular, Globe is blocking hundreds more sites hosting gore and extreme violence, in line with recent government orders.

The move comes amid growing concern over children and young people's exposure to harmful material online.

The company claimed that proactive network-level blocking has long been part of its approach to online safety. 

In 2025 alone, Globe blocked 438,446 domains and URLs containing child sexual abuse and exploitation materials (CSAEM), backed by more than USD 2.7 million (around PHP 166.5 million) in investments in advanced content filtering and blocking systems. 

Globe also expanded safeguards to include non‑photographic AI-generated child sexual abuse material since August 2024.

We have a responsibility to help make the online environment safer, especially for children and young people. As new risks emerge, we need to keep looking at what more we can do. The recent school shooting incident is one opportunity where the industry can work together by removing sites that induce violence in our networks.  At Globe, we are ready to do our part and protect children online, said Atty. Froilan Castelo, Globe General Counsel.

Globe said that they are working with government and global partners like IWF and C3P to block harmful content, while continually strengthening safeguards against evolving online threats.