THE government has partnered with telecommunication companies (telcos) for a “unified dashboard” that will launch next month to ramp up the fight against deepfakes, according to an official from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, that the telcos are in charge of the technical design of the dash-board framework.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) and the National Privacy Commission (NPC) will oversee policy and regulatory pronouncements.
He said in a press briefing at Malacañang that the final design will be finished this month and implemented next month, promising a significant reduction in problematic content.
The dashboard, Aguda said, will enable the government and the telcos to monitor and get rid of internet protocol (IP) addresses associated not just with deepfakes but also with pornography sites.
Aguda explained the agreement with telcos ensures that upon notification of an IP address or domain, it will be removed immediately. He stressed the difficulty and potential damage caused by delays in removal.
He added that illegal sites reported in real-time will be visible on the dashboard for both the government and the telcos, including the time of removal.
Aguda said the DICT will also hold a meeting with leading social media platforms on Thursday, June 5, as part of intensified efforts to detect and counter deepfakes.
He said the DICT will be briefed about geo-blocking, a technology that restricts access to online content based on geographical location.
He said the practice is one way of managing content on social media and preventing the proliferation of deep-fake manipulation.
Aguda referred to this mechanism as geo-blocking or geo-locking and conveyed to streaming and social media platforms that they possess the capability to proactively prevent such issues. / PNA