VERA FILES FACT CHECK: TikTok video on death of 39 babies in Gaza FALSE
Two premature babies, not 39, died in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital on Nov. 11, 2023.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Solar superstorm causing ‘internet apocalypse’ has NO BASIS
Videos circulating on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are claiming that a solar superstorm would cause a global internet outage for months. This is baseless.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BARMM official DID NOT say ‘Christians are unwelcome in Marawi’
BARMM Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo did not say Christians have no place in Marawi.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta did NOT replace Romualdez as Speaker
A YouTube video is falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta as House speaker to replace Martin Romualdez.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows 2013 storm surge, NOT tsunami after most recent Mindanao quake
A Facebook page uploaded a 10-year-old clip of a storm surge falsely passing it off as a tsunami after the magnitude 7.4 quake that recently jolted parts of Mindanao.
