Archive - Online Posts

The video of Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (4th Dist.) supposedly saying he is running again for a congressional seat just to get rich was manipulated through AI.

A Facebook video falsely claims Cardinal Luis Tagle was chosen as the new pope. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, is the next Bishop of Rome.

A Facebook page falsely claimed that leftist party-lists are linked to the NPA. Groups cannot be registered as party-lists if they advocate for violence.

Multiple graphics circulating on Facebook are claiming that the Comelec is hiring poll watchers for the May 12 elections. These are fake.

A clip of dismissed mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac supposedly criticizing Marikina City Rep. Maan Teodoro is circulating on Facebook. This is fake.

A video advisory supposedly from Vice Ganda warning the public against voting for reelectionist Rep. Lordan Suan of Cagayan de Oro City is circulating on Facebook. This is fabricated.

A clip showing a Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduate supposedly ignoring President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a commencement ceremony on April 29 is circulating online. The video is incomplete and misleading.

Netizens circulated a fake quote card showing senatorial candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan supposedly vowing to vote, if elected on May 12, for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.

A video circulating online shows supporters of opposing candidates in a brawl supposedly ahead of the May 12 midterm elections. This is false.

A YouTube video claims that Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro will be suspended for vote buying and premature campaigning. This is misleading.

A Facebook (FB) user re-uploaded an old graphic from April 2020, falsely presenting it as a recent announcement of a 24-hour curfew in Cavite from May 1 to 15.

A national ID is NOT required to vote in the 2025 midterm elections, contrary to a claim on a photo circulating on Facebook.

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.