VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Reel does NOT show China zombie outbreak
A Facebook user published a Reel claiming a virus that turns people into zombies has spread in China. Not true.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show China, PH ‘battle’ in Pag-asa Island
Three-year-old clips of a maritime drill were passed off to claim that the China Coast Guard fired water cannons at the Philippine Coast Guard to drive them out of Pag-asa Island.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages POSE as doctor’s page, sell unlisted niacinamide toothpaste
Three FB pages are using the name of "Dr. Kilimanguru", a Filipino licensed physician with 4.1 million followers to promote a niacinamide toothpaste product.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows suicide incident in France, NOT ‘zombie virus’ in US
A Facebook reel supposedly shows a throng of people rushing outside a building in the US in an attempt to escape a “zombie virus” plague. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UP budget NOT slashed by P2.5B ‘after recent protests’
A YouTube video falsely claims that the administration cut P2.5 billion from UP's 2023 budget after recent protests at the Diliman campus.
