Archive - Online Posts

A video claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Bongbong Marcos lutang (spaced out). This is misleading. The senator used the term to describe the hasty passage of the Maharlika Fund bill, and was not referring to the president.

Five Facebook posts by netizens falsely claimed that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is giving away P10,000.

A Facebook Reel is showing two clips purportedly featuring the havoc wrought by supertyphoon Mawar in Guam.

An Instagram reel is claiming that the minimum wage in Metro Manila has been raised to P720, from P570. This needs context.

A netizen falsely passed off old clips of structures crumbling down and being swept away by flood as taken during Super Typhoon Mawar’s onslaught. 

A viral video is erroneously claiming to show footage of strong winds and severe flooding supposedly caused by Super Typhoon Mawar in Guam.

Netizens are sharing a fake statement attributed to Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio where she allegedly said DepEd learners need only basic — and not quality — education.

A YouTube channel published a video that claims to show a P30-million fighter jet manufactured by a Filipino. This is false. It passed off as locally-made an aircraft manufactured by Boeing, an American aerospace corporation.

A YouTube channel is erroneously claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos recently revealed that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give the Philippines $30 billion to support its development programs. It made a miscalculation.

Facebook pages uploaded clips of a medical television program that have been doctored to endorse Cancr Guard, a capsule that supposedly boosts immunity and fights cancer. This is a scam.

An old video was doctored and falsely passed off as showing a tornado during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Mawar in Guam. The original clip was taken in Florida in 2018 and showed no tornado.

A YouTube video falsely claimed that the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. established the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Marcos Sr. was not ADB’s founder.

A video advertisement for a device that allegedly reduces energy consumption contains altered clips from a five-month-old CNN Philippines interview with a Department of Energy official. The DOE is not endorsing Sonic Energy Saver.

A Facebook Reel is passing off scenes from a film as real-life events, claiming that an unspecified popular convenience store is selling factory-processed human meat.

Kumalat ulit ang Facebook post na nagbababala sa pag-inom ng nagyeyelong tubig kapag tag-init dahil magdudulot daw ito ng pagputok ng mga ugat ng dugo. Mali ito.

A YouTube channel is touting a conspiracy theory that the late President Noynoy Aquino faked his death in an attempt to boost the candidacy of former Vice President Leni Robredo in the 2022 elections.

Hindi totoo na puwede nang dumiretso ng college ang mga grade 10 pagtapos mag-high-school dahil binasura na ang K to 12. Mali ito. 

Several Facebook pages posted ads featuring doctors Willie and Liza Ong, for a cream called Perfectx that allegedly cures a wide range of orthopedic disorders. These are scams.

A video passed off an old photo of the Japan Coast Guard firing a water cannon at a North Korean fishing vessel to claim that the incident was between the Philippine Coast Guard and a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true.

Netizens are circulating a fake quote card of Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly telling teachers to hold back their criticism over slow and outdated laptops allegedly purchased by DepEd.

A video posted on YouTube used an old clip and claimed to show the Philippine Coast Guard driving away a Vietnamese fishing vessel in Palawan. This is false. 

A TikTok video falsely claims that where a one-child policy is in effect, children of couples with more than one offspring are incinerated.

As extremely hot weather continues to fire up the Philippines, another ad for a Japanese air conditioner has gone viral on Facebook. This is a scam.

Three videos on social media carried erroneous claims related to former senator Manny Pacquiao’s loss in a legal battle with Paradigm Sports Management.

Two YouTube videos are claiming that the U.K.'s Royal Navy will now rush to defend the West Philippine Sea after President Ferdinand Marcos attended the coronation of King Charles III. This is not true.

A YouTube video claims that 10,000 Chinese soldiers were killed and 150 fighter jets were destroyed in Taiwan. This is not true.

Several impostor FB pages are using doctor Liza Ramoso-Ong as an endorser of an “intimate perfume” that allegedly cures gynecological infections and odor. These ads are fake. 

A Facebook Reel falsely implies that Metro Manila has been placed under Alert Level 3. The misleading Reel used an old news report.

A Tiktok video is erroneously claiming that Russian forces destroyed an underground hidden bunker in Ukraine that belongs to NATO.

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.