Duterte pretends to be a hardass, right? Tell him to deal with it by any means necessary or else the USS Jimmy Carter starts to sever their submarine cables one by one until the problem is resolved that way.
If anybody thinks that's too severe, explain to them that DDOSing a nation's telecom system is an act of cyberwar.
Do you really think that having Duterte kill these people is an appropriate response to robocalls? I mean, sure, I understand the temptation, but... it's a bit extreme for the actual harm being done.
Duterte's a crazy man, if anyone deserves to get whacked, it's him. In a normal administration, we could manage this, but with a septuagenarian and John "war is fucking awesome" Bolton around, the bastard gets showered with praise.
> "Do you really think that having Duterte kill these people is an appropriate response to robocalls?"
Pretty sure he'd need only threaten the Philippine telecom executives with death, but if he wants to carry through with it at this point I wouldn't shed a tear.
It's clear to me that the U.S. has the technical capability of hunting down the origins of these calls, and bring the offenders to trial.
This leads me to believe it's a matter of political will, and I don't understand the inaction.