VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD video of Taal Volcano eruption resurfaces amid 2023 unrest
Netizens recently shared a video of Taal Volcano’s eruption from 2020, according to Phivolcs.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Google marketing campaign apps circulate
Impostor Facebook pages advertised a fake marketing campaign app allegedly powered by Google AI.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO ‘destruction’ of Chinese coast guard ships, photos are FAKE
A video showed three edited photos to falsely claim that a Chinese ship was recently destroyed by an unidentified weapon.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order to jail Hontiveros over PhilHealth mess
A YouTube video claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had ordered for Sen. Risa Hontiveros to be put in jail because of an already debunked claim that the senator pocketed funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Destroyed buildings in compilation video DO NOT show Morocco quake damage
A Facebook user uploaded old clips of Israeli air strikes in Gaza and building demolitions in China to falsely claim that they are taken during the 2023 Morocco quake.
