MANILA, Philippines — Meta will send a team to the Philippines to study the integration of the country’s national ID system into its platforms, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Henry Aguda said on Monday. During the House committee on appropriations’ briefing on the DICT’s proposed 2027 budget, Aguda told lawmakers about their recent meeting with Meta in Singapore, where they discussed identity verification concerns in the gaming application Roblox, among other issues. READ: House panel OKs total social media ban for children below 13 Aguda then cited the national ID’s e-verify solution to make age verification more accurate, […]...

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