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Editor’s note: This article was updated on Nov. 19 to add the video fact check.

FACT CHECK: Barbers inaccurately cites data on drug-related killings under Marcos administration

Tala ng Editor: Ang artikulong ito ay na-update upang ipakita kung paano tinukoy ng VERA Files ang misinformation at disinformation. Noong Nob. 12, nakipag-ugnayan si Makabayan Coalition Spokesperson Reyna Valmores Salinas sa VERA Files para linawin ang pagkakasama ni Rep. France Castro sa listahang ito. Si Castro ay “naglabas ng tamang pagwawasto” tungkol sa kanyang pahayag na na-fact check ang VERA Files noong Mayo 13, 2024. Na-update namin ang orihinal na fact check para isama ang kanyang erratum.

FACT SHEET: Sino sa mga 2025 senatorial aspirant ang naging source ng mis- at disinformation?

This story was updated to reflect how VERA Files defines misinformation and disinformation. On Nov. 12, MAKABAYAN Coalition Spokesperson Reyna Valmores Salinas reached out to VERA Files to clarify Rep. France Castro’s inclusion in this list. Castro has duly issued a correction pertaining to her statement that VERA Files fact-checked on May 13, 2024. We updated the original fact check to incorporate her erratum.

FACT SHEET: Who among the 2025 senatorial aspirants have been sources of mis- and disinformation?

Editor’s note: This fact check was updated to reflect the response of the MAKABAYAN Coalition. In an email to VERA Files on Nov. 12, spokesperson Reyna Valmores said that upon receiving notice of VERA Files’ fact check, the official Facebook page of the Act Teachers Party-list issued an erratum on May 22, 2024.

FACT CHECK: Rep. France Castro’s statement on BSP Gov Remolona Jr.’s pay is INACCURATE

Editor’s Note (Oct. 15, 2024): This story was updated with a statement sent by GMA News about its impostors promoting a cryptocurrency scam.

FACT CHECK: FAKE ad imitates GMA News, uses Chinkee Tan’s name to promote crypto scam

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect corrections made regarding attributions to the Deepfakes Analysis Unit (DAU) and its partners. An earlier version of the story indicated that the conclusions were made by the tools they used for analysis. The conclusions were drawn from the tools used, and these interpretations were made by the DAU. The story was also updated to correct the description of the DAU, as well as to reflect that it was the DAU that got in touch with their partner, GetReal Labs.

‘Polvoron’ video crumbles, AI experts find traces of facial manipulation

This story was updated to correct the provinces under BARMM. An earlier version of the article stated that Lanao del Norte was part of BARMM. Lanao del Norte rejected to be part of BARMM in the 2019 plebiscite. We apologize for this error. The update also reflects the Sept. 9 decision of the Supreme Court that excludes the province of Sulu from the BARMM.

FACT SHEET: Why does the BARMM parliamentary election matter?

Editor’s note: The headline of this fact-check was updated to reflect the accurate translation of the claim rating.

FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Rodriguez na may 9 na US bases sa PH nakapanliligaw

Editor’s note: The headline of this fact-check was updated to reflect the accurate translation of the claim rating.

FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Rep. France Castro sa sahod ni BSP Gov Remolona Jr. HINDI TUMPAK

Editor’s note: The headline of this fact-check was updated to reflect the accurate translation of the claim rating.

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Katwiran ng Palasyo sa hindi pagsama ng anibersaryo ng ‘People Power’ bilang holiday NAKAPANLILIGAW
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