Amazon’s Alexa has been attributing false information to fact checkers, including VERA Files
A Full Fact investigation reveals that Alexa has been giving incorrect answers to users and attributing them to fact checkers like VERA Files.
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Cebu dislodges Davao del Sur as top hotspot in drug-related killings
Cebu, with 65 killings from January until October 15, is currently the top hotspot in the Philippines for reported drug-related killings dislodging Davao del Sur which was the topnotcher the past two years.
FACT SHEET: Mga alerto ng bagyo, sa konteksto
Sinabi ni Thelma Cinco, PAGASA Climatology and Agrometeorology chief, na malaking bahagi ng pinsala mula sa severe tropical storm Kristine ay dahil sa patuloy na malakas na pag-ulan, kaysa sa lakas ng hangin nito.
FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Imee Marcos na Kabataang Barangay founder at chair siya HINDI TOTOO
Mali ang sinabi ni Sen. Imee Marcos na siya ang nagtatag ng Kabataang Barangay at tagapangulo nito mula 1975 hanggang 1986.
FACT SHEET: Tropical cyclone alerts, in context
Thelma Cinco, PAGASA Climatology and Agrometeorology chief, said much of the damage from severe tropical storm Kristine was due to sustained heavy rainfall, rather than its wind strength.
FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos’ falsely claims being founder and chair of Kabataang Barangay
Sen. Imee Marcos falsely claims to be the founder of Kabataang Barangay and its chairperson from 1975 to 1986.
VERA, the truth bot, now ready to fight misinformation on Messenger!
VERA Files is bringing its misinformation tip line to over 60 million Filipinos on Messenger. Meet VERA, the truth bot!
FACT CHECK: Eating one malunggay seed daily does NOT cure over 300 diseases
A Facebook user claimed that eating one malunggay seed daily can cure a myriad of diseases. An expert in herbal medicine says otherwise.
Imee’s murky identification with KB
The first KB elections were held on May 1, 1975. Those eligible to be part of the organization “shall be at least fifteen years of age or over but less than eighteen.” Imee was then 19 years old.
Davao City ‘ghost employees’ early funders of Duterte’s EJKs
The House quad committee (quadcom), which has uncovered gruesome information in its investigation of EJKs, is now into tracing the money trail that financed former president Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs.It would be helpful for the quadcom to retrieve the interviews given by self-confessed Duterte Death Squad leader Arturo Lascañas and member Edgar Matobato.
