Task Force KKK launches Threat Monitoring Center for midterms

The Commission on Elections-led Task Force KKK sa Halalan launched its Threat Monitoring Center ahead of the 2025 midterm polls scheduled for May 12.

Task Force KKK aims to ensure truthful, honest, and fair elections by monitoring online posts and social media messages that could violate election laws.

The center is an inter-agency effort involving Comelec, DICT, Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, PNP-Anti-Cybercrime Group, NBI, and NICC, supported by social media platforms like Meta, TikTok, Google, and X formerly Twitter.

During the launching ceremony at the CICC office in Quezon City, PCO Secretary Jay Ruiz emphasized the importance of protecting election integrity from foreign state-sponsored groups attempting to influence the polls.

Social media companies have pledged to remove posts proven to contain fake news content, while Comelec Commissioner Nelson Celis noted that posts not violating Resolution No. 1164 will remain up in respect of freedom of speech.