SURIGAO del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says the SIM Registration Act needs "more teeth" to stop online scams, noting that such criminal activities continue unabated despite the law's passage in 2022. The lawmaker does not specify the amendments he proposes, but the rationale for his call to action dovetails with the arguments that some critics of the law made when it was first being considered.

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