Archive - Online Posts

An FB reel falsely claims that an arrest warrant for Sen. Bato Dela Rosa - top enforcer of the deadly drug war during the Duterte administration - has been issued by the ICC and sent to the Philippines.

A YouTube video claims that former vice president Leni Robredo has endorsed the senatorial bets of PDP-Laban. This is misleading.

Netizens are circulating a clip from a campaign rally in Manila showing Vice President Sara Duterte before a crowd that supposedly chanted "Marcos! Marcos!" while she was speaking. The posts are misleading.

There is no Pasig City mayoralty trust approval rating survey conducted and released by the Social Weather Stations, contrary to a Facebook post.

Two online videos are spreading the false claim that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected as the new pope.

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.

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 The ballot used in the video is an outdated version previously released by Comelec in January.

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.

Facebook users are circulating a video of former president Rodrigo Duterte supposedly showing his homecoming that was allegedly kept from the public eye. This is false.

A fake quote card claimed that actress and vlogger Ivana Alawi criticized Cagayan de Oro Rep. Lordan Suan for signing the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.

Two Facebook posts claim that the Department of Education is giving away P5,000 to P7,000 cash assistance to graduating students. These are fake.

Videos claiming that there will be a strong earthquake in the Philippines on April 22 are fake.

A viral video is falsely claiming that PNP spokesperson Jean Fajardo said people who joined the recent pro-Duterte rallies were paid.

Videos online are reviving a two-year-old fire at a bus terminal in Cubao, Quezon City and making it look recent amid the summer heat.

A YouTube video claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote a letter saying he will help former president Rodrigo Duterte get released from detention in The Hague, Netherlands. Not true.

A TikTok video using footage from Aug. 2023 claims that PNP-CIDG Chief Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III resigned following the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The clip shows his resignation as QC Police District director after a road rage incident.

A photo ranking Manila and Quezon City as among the top cities in Asia with the highest crime rate has been circulating on Facebook since February. This needs context.