Archive - Online Posts Year 2023 all 2024 2023 2022 Items per page 30 12 18 24 30 Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT shut down ICC A YouTube video is claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had shut down the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is not true. By VERA Files | Dec 29, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: China did NOT declare war vs Philippines A video on YouTube is erroneously claiming that China has declared war on the Philippines. This is not true. By VERA Files | Dec 29, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online signups for 7k ‘DSWD’ cash assistance this December are FAKE Graphics circulating on Facebook claim that the DSWD is giving away P7,000 financial assistance this month. These are fake. By VERA Files | Dec 28, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE post about ‘second war’ in Mindanao resurfaces A message warning residents in Mindanao about a supposed war in the next Ramadan is circulating online. This is a false report that has been shared online since 2017. By VERA Files | Dec 27, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that U.S. Coast Guard fired warning shot at Chinese vessel in South China Sea has NO BASIS There are no reports about a U.S. Coast Guard ship firing warning shots against a Chinese Navy ship in the South China Sea. By VERA Files | Dec 23, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY claims court ordered Badoy, Celiz release A YouTube video falsely claimed that a court had ordered the release from detention of SMNI anchors Jeffrey Celiz and Lorraine Badoy. By VERA Files | Dec 23, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Underwater earthquake’ video taken in Indonesia, NOT in the Philippines A video on Facebook is erroneously claiming that a clip of divers experiencing an earthquake under the sea was taken in the Philippines. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Dec 12, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens revive FALSE warning of SM MOA collapse Netizens reshared a false chain message warning people against going to SM Mall of Asia. By VERA FILES | Dec 12, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on South Korea giving a submarine to Philippine Navy MISLEADS The South Korean government is only set to give a small warship called a corvette, not a submarine, to the Philippines. By VERA Files | Dec 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts 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. By VERA Files | Dec 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts 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. By VERA Files | Dec 8, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts 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. By VERA Files | Dec 7, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts 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. By VERA Files | Dec 7, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts 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. By VERA Files | Dec 7, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Israel-Palestine’ video OLD, does NOT show ongoing Israel-Hamas war A video on Facebook is claiming to show combat footage recently taken during the Israel-Hamas war. This is not true, the video is not recent. By VERA Files | Dec 6, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PCG did NOT fire water cannon at Chinese vessel A YouTube video is claiming that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had fired water cannons in the West Philippine Sea supposedly at a Chinese vessel. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | Dec 5, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez NOT suspended from House of Representatives A YouTube video bore a clickbait headline and thumbnail claiming that House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been suspended from the House of Representatives. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Dec 4, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING
