Archive - Online Posts

A Facebook page posing as the DSWD uploaded posts claiming the agency is giving away “P5,000” ayuda to those who have registered their SIM cards. This is fake.

Viral Facebook status updates falsely claim that Grade 10 Filipino students can now “directly attend college” after graduation as the K to 12 curriculum has been scrapped. This is false.

A Filipino netizen posted a FB Reel allegedly showing a tsunami in Indonesia. This needs context because the clip came from a movie. 

Five fake FB pages are using the name of Dr. Kilimanguru, a physician with a huge social media following, to promote a dried fruit cereal. 

A Facebook video used an altered photo to claim that the Philippine Navy recently fired at Chinese vessels illegally fishing on the West Philippine Sea. No such incident took place.

A Facebook Reel revived a video where a naturopathy practitioner claimed that people with diabetes should not eat fish without scales. 

A website claims that an award-winning Filipina student discovered a formula that helps people instantly lose weight. This is yet another fake ad. 

A YouTube video is erroneously claiming that US President Joe Biden cried as he welcomed President Bongbong Marcos to the White House this week.

Scammers are again using the identity of cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong to fraudulently promote unlicensed products, this time for "Bestkill" pesticide.

A circulating video is repeating the false claim that President Bongbong Marcos has ordered the renaming of NAIA to Manila International Airport MIA. No such order has been issued.

A YouTube channel passed off an old clip of a drill as one that supposedly shows the Japanese Coast Guard sending ships lately to Pag-asa Island to drive away Chinese vessels.

A Facebook page pretending to be affiliated with Robinsons Supermarket has duped thousands of netizens into interacting with its posts, claiming to give away gift bags for the grocery chain’s “anniversary.”