U.S. visa bans on fact-checkers undermine press freedom – IFCN
IFCN rejects the attempt to portray fact-checking as a security threat and warns of rising global repression
Repetitive, synchronized comments make Duterte-related content most engaged across all ICC Facebook posts
Eight of the top 10 most engaged ICC content were related to the former president.
FACT-CHECK: Death hoax spreads online amid reports of Enrile’s critical condition
Several Facebook posts falsely claimed that former Senate president and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile had passed away, following an announcement in the Senate of his failing health on Nov. 11.
Corruption erodes country’s moral fiber
“Public office is a public trust.”
FACT-CHECK: Torre was not caught escaping and was not arrested
A TikTok video falsely claimed that police general Nicolas Torre had escaped illegally during the time of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest in the Netherlands.
