Editor's Pick

No letup in truth-telling for VERA Files

Commentary

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By Ellen Tordesillas

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Jan 12, 2025

IFCN to Zuckerberg: “Mr. Trump himself said your announcement was ‘probably’ in response to threats he’s made against you. Some of the journalists that are part of our fact-checking community have experienced similar threats from governments in the countries where they work, so we understand how hard it is to resist this pressure.” Those journalists referred to by IFCN did not have the enormous resources that Zuckerberg has. With 3.5 billion constituents, almost half of the world’s population, and the third richest man in the world with $217.7 billion net worth, imagine how dynamic democracy would be if Zuckerberg decides to take up the mantle of truth-telling.

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An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later

AI at deepfakes: Bagong mukha… ng matagal nang problema. Anong ibig sabihin nito?

FACT CHECK

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By Valerie Nuval and Bryan Manalang

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Dec 30, 2024

Ano ba ang epekto ng pagkalat ng AI sa mga karaniwang Pilipino? Ano ang pwede nating gawin para makasabay sa pagbabagong dulot nito? At baka naman makatutulong din pala ang AI mismo sa paglaban sa disinformation?

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AI at deepfakes: Bagong taon, bagong mukha… ng disimpormasyon?!

FACT CHECK

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By Valerie Nuval and Bryan Manalang

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Dec 29, 2024

Ano nga ba ang AI? Paano malalaman kung deepfake ba ang nakita mo o hindi? Panoorin ang video para malaman at mapalalim pa ang iyong pag-unawa rito.

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AI supercharges scam production globally in 2024

FACT CHECK

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By Celine Isabelle Samson

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Dec 28, 2024

This is the third consecutive year that VERA Files Fact Check observed the flood of scams in online spheres in the Philippines, which we monitor as part of our third-party fact checking partnership with Meta.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show Trump inviting Duterte

A YouTube reel claims to show footage of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extending an invitation to former president Rodrigo Duterte. This is false.

News

The 2024 Dahas Report: More Reported Drug-Related Killings in 2024 than in 2023

Since the Dahas Project started its weekly online monitoring in 2021, this is the first time that more killings were attributed to unidentified assailants than to state agents.

Commentary

Duterte’s Ombudsman appointments defied independence

Independence. That is one qualification of precedence prescribed by law, the RA 6770 or the Ombudsman Act of 1989, in considering appointments to the position of Ombudsman and the deputies. That law’s Section 5 insists on “persons of recognized probity and independence.”