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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Feb. 26, 2024. It was updated on March 10, 2025 to include another version of the bogus quote, this time mentioning the Holy Week.
Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Feb. 14, 2025 to add Republic Act No. 12064 in the citation of the WPS definition.
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 10, 2025 to correct the first name of Ben Tulfo from Benjamin to Bienvenido. We apologize for the mistake.
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 10, 2025 to correct the first name of Ben Tulfo from Benjamin to Bienvenido. We apologize for the mistake.
Editor’s note: This article was updated on Nov. 19 to add the video fact check.
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.
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.
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.
Editor’s Note (Oct. 15, 2024): This story was updated with a statement sent by GMA News about its impostors promoting a cryptocurrency 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.
