The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) over the weekend said it found at least 37 Philippines-based sellers in Facebook’s marketplace noncompliant with the law, with violations ranging from failing to ind... CDNDigital
The government agency said these sellers were tagged as such in only just a week’s worth of operations under their DTI Legit Check initiative, where they check the legitimacy of online sellers, hinting that these are but a fraction of the problem in online platforms.
Valdez said they have already referred some of these cases to the National Bureau of Investigation, with plans of working together with the Philippine National Police directly as well to speed up the process of catching online sellers with fake permits. Meanwhile, Trade Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said they are hoping that amendments to the more than 30-year-old Consumer Act of the Philippines as well as the passage of the proposed Internet Transaction Act can be fast tracked further so the law can keep up with the changes in the digital landscape.
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