Philippines signs SIM card registration law to combat scams ...Middle East

MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed a law Monday requiring mobile users to provide personal details when buying a SIM card, a regulation aimed at combating text messaging fraud.The bill was passed by both houses of Congress in September after a controversial provision requiring social media users to register their real names and phones numbers was dropped.Former president Rodrigo Duterte had rejected the original legislation after critics said social media registration was a form of state surveillance.Filipinos rank among the world's heaviest users of social media, and the country has become a key battleground for misleading or fake news.“We will finally achieve what has lon

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