The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will sign an agreement with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to address text spoofing, which can be used against candidates in the May 2025 polls.
Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the move is meant to prevent individuals from imitating texts or spoofing to attack candidates by posting negative remarks against a political candidate.
“We really have to fight this, those text blasting, because the message might claim that it came from a certain candidate but it was not,” Garcia said.
He said the Comelec is already coordinating with the NTC.
“At this time, the Comelec was limited to addressing illegal campaigning. We will need another government agency,” Garcia said.
The campaign period for senatorial candidates and party-list groups is set from February 11 to March 10, while the campaign period for candidates for House of Representatives and parliamentary, provincial, city and municipal elections will be from March 28 to May 10.