MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. last week signed his first piece of legislation since entering office -- a law that forces public telecommunications entities to create a database of mobile phone SIM cards and their users.
The law means that Filipinos will need to register their identities with the entities or have their cards deactivated. It will punish fraudulent registration and allow law enforcement to pull up a user's data to investigate any crimes committed with the use of phones.
