Manila, Sept. 8 -- Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) chief, Undersecretary Renato "Aboy" Paraiso, on Monday warned online shopping and social media platforms of their possible shutdown in the Philippines over the sale of illegal items and other "online harms."

During a press conference in Quezon City, Paraiso said the crackdown or "zero tolerance for online harms" is a collaboration between several government agencies, including the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and other partners in the public and private sectors.

"Those who would not comply, we would be compelled to exercise whatever remedy [is available to us]. And one of them is to bl...