Archive - FACT CHECK

A Facebook reel claims that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said the tech giant is reviewing and will be disabling by next year social media accounts of all Philippine politicians. This is fake.

News outlets and netizens noted on April 14 that Google Maps had more prominently labeled and displayed the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on its site.

A video claiming that the Comelec purposely printed the wrong ballot numbers of three PDP-Laban senatorial bets is false. The ballot used in the video is an outdated version previously released by Comelec in January.

Meta AI incorrectly described the labeling of the West Philippine Sea on Google Maps an "assertion of the country's sovereignty." The Philippines has sovereign rights, not sovereignty, over features in the WPS.

The Facebook users who spread the video needing context stitched together OCTA Research's statement disowning a survey with the real survey published by Pulse Asia.

Misleading posts claiming that the Supreme Court has sided with Vice President Sara Duterte, thereby nullifying her impeachment, have been circulating on Facebook.

Facebook (FB) pages are circulating a clip of a multi-storey building in Cebu City that caught fire in 2023, passing it off as new amid the extreme summer heat.

There is no confirmation that a warrant has been issued for Marcos Jr. and Imelda over their refusal to pay a USD 353.6 million fine for the benefit of martial law victims.

Netizens are circulating an old clip of a capsized ferry in the Bahamas falsely claiming that it shows the vessel that sank in Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 15.

A Facebook user claimed that the ICC will release former president Rodrigo Duterte after his bail was paid. The post is satire. There is no bail under the Rome Statute, only an "interim release," which must be applied for.

The Supreme Court has not yet issued a final decision on the PhilHealth unused fund transfer.

A clip of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Jaime Santiago talking about filing cases and arresting Filipinos abroad is circulating online without proper context.