An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later
As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences
FACT-CHECK: Pro-Duterte Facebook user recycles debunked video
A pro-Duterte Facebook user recycled and shared a manipulated video that supposedly shows millions of people chanting the name of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte and falsely claiming that the video was taken in the Philippines.
FACT-CHECK: Robredo-led Angat Buhay helped more than 100,000 individuals, not 10 families
An X user falsely claimed that former vice president Leni Robredo only helped 10 families and was seeking only media exposure when she helped hand out relief goods personally.
FACT-CHECK: Social Pension para sa mga Senior Citizen, hindi pa ganap na batas
Isang TikTok video na tampok ang audio ni Philippine lawmaker Stella Quimbo na nagpapaliwanag tungkol sa kanyang panukala para sa universal pension para sa mga senior citizen ay mapanlinlang na inedit. Maling ipinapakita nito na ang panukala ay naipasa na bilang batas.
FACT-CHECK: Social Pension for senior citizens not yet law
A Tiktok video featuring Philippine lawmaker Stella Quimbo’s audio discussing her proposal for a universal pension for senior citizens was misleadingly edited, falsely claiming that the proposal had been enacted into law.