Archive - Online Posts Year all all 2024 2023 2022 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 Online Posts FACT CHECK: Impostor pages post FAKE company ‘anniversary giveaways’ Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: FAKE CNN report on Marcos alleged drug use spreads online Multiple Facebook posts are claiming that US-based CNN has reported that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is addicted to cocaine. This is fake. CNN has not published such a report and the image is fabricated. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: The Philippines does NOT hold world record for “most trees planted in an hour” A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Philippines broke a world record by planting 3.2 million trees in an hour. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT rushed to hospital, hidden in ‘safe house’ A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was rushed to the hospital this September. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO typhoon ‘bigger than PH’ coming in A Facebook post erroneously claimed that a storm bigger than the Philippines is going to hit the country. PAGASA debunked this claim. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show Quiboloy’s arrest A video supposedly showing doomsday evangelist Apollo Quiboloy being arrested is circulating online. It used old clips of a different arrest. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Group hug vid of Alice Guo, PNP, DILG chiefs made with AI The video that showed Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and PNP Chief Rommel Marbil hugging Alice Guo is AI-generated. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Clip of Marcos talking about his ‘clone’ taken OUT OF CONTEXT A clip of President Bongbong Marcos "admitting" that he is a clone needs context. It was from an old interview where he called the rumor an urban legend. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: ‘Balintawak flood’ video NEEDS CONTEXT The video supposedly showing the current flooded state of Balintawak, Quezon City was taken in July during the onslaught of super typhoon Carina. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: ‘Ajinomoto’ warning MISUSES photo of local food poisoning incident Nine Facebook posts misused photos to falsely claim that 20 people got food poisoning due to a fake version of Ajinomoto seasoning. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Circulating video on ‘Zelensky’s November warning’ MISLEADS A Filipino FB user warned netizens to “stock up on food and water” and showed clips of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning about an upcoming event in November. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO order to arrest Sara, remove OVP’s 2025 budget A YouTube video falsely claimed that House lawmakers threatened to have Vice President Sara Duterte arrested and axed her office's budget for 2025. By VERA Files | Sep 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video on Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube channel claimed that the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act has been made into law. This needs context. By VERA Files | Sep 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Digital bank transactions NOT restricted 5 km away from home An FB Reel featured a woman who falsely claimed that the public would be prevented from conducting digital bank transactions from more than 5 kilometers away from their homes. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of protesters taken in Kenya, NOT Davao The Facebook Reel that showed people protesting on the street was not taken in Davao. It was originally taken in Kenya in June. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Photo does NOT show rebel attack on MT Sounion tanker A Facebook page erroneously linked the attack of the MT Sounion to a different Houthi-led assault on an oil tanker this year. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Alice Guo DID NOT expose Marcos ties to POGO A YouTube video falsely claims that suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has exposed President Bongbong Marcos for being involved with POGO operations in the country. By VERA Files | Jun 5, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: FAKE Land Bank scholarships reappear as school year ends Multiple posts on FB falsely claim the Land Bank of the Philippines offered scholarships for the academic year 2024-2025. By VERA Files | May 28, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 Older posts