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| DMW officials and TikTok executives sign the agreement on World Day vs Trafficking |
The world’s leading short video platform, TikTok Pte. Ltd has partnered with the Department of Migrant Workers to combat online job scams through stricter content monitoring, and taking down suspicious posts on overseas recruitments of Filipinos.
Migrant Workers
Secretary Hans J. Cacdac signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TikTok
PH Public Policy Head Yves Gonzales during the celebration of World Day Against
Trafficking on Wednesday, July 30 at the DMW headquarters in Mandaluyong City.
According to the DMW,
the agreement commits to enhancing digital safeguard to protect overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) against online illegal recruitment, and to promote user
empowerment through information dissemination.
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The DMW post quoted
Secretary Cacdac as saying, “Sa TikTok
mas mapapalakas ang ating laban kontra illegal recruitment. (With TikTok we
will strengthen our campaign against illegal recruitment). We are being alert,
Tiktok is a means in which we fight illegal recruitment, we ensnare the illegal
recruiters.”
But the collaboration
is not new. Since 2023 the DMW has worked with TikTok Philippines in taking down
a total of 41,000 fake job postings and deactivating the user accounts behind the
suspicious posts.
This time, DMW and
TikTok will also collaborate on the account verification and information dissemination
of legitimate and trusted source of information, while banning fraudulent accounts
involved in severe or repeated acts of illegal recruitment.
TikTok Philippines has
also undertaken to help DMW in its digital investigation and content moderation
protocols.
TikTok Public Policy
Manager Peachy Paderna who was one of the signatories of the MOU said public safety
is their top priority.
Also joining the signing ceremony was
DMW Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Service Dominique Rubia-Tutay
who warned that while the partnership may fail to close down scammers’ accounts,
their fake job posting will surely be taken down.
(Anybody who wants to report a suspicious job recruitment post on TikTok or any social media may send a message to the DMW Anti-Illegal Recruitment and Trafficking in Persons page here: https://www.facebook.com/dmwairtip)
