Archive - Online Posts

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.

A false 2018 Facebook post of Bobi Tiglao claiming the late president Noynoy Aquino rewarded Heidi Mendoza with a United Nations nomination has resurfaced on social media.

Several posts on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was brought to the hospital for alleged kidney problems. These have no basis.

A YouTube video is claiming without basis that Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court was connected to the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Netizens are circulating a graphic claiming that the gatherings for the 80th birthday of former president Rodrigo Duterte on March 28 received a Guinness World Record and that the Vatican urged the U.N. to have him released from the ICC. Both claims are untrue.

Elon Musk did not promise to donate to Duterte’s legal defense fund on his social media accounts. VP Sara Duterte also said the family will not accept donations for expenses related to her father’s detention.

Several videos online are showing AI-generated clips, not real footage taken during an earthquake event in Thailand.

ICC President Tomoko Akane was referring to the Court's lack of jurisdiction over the crime of ecocide, not its jurisdiction over the Philippines.

Netizens are circulating a video of a penitential walk in Cebu City last January falsely claiming that it shows a pro-Duterte prayer rally.

A Facebook reel falsely claims that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has declared former president Rodrigo Duterte "innocent" of crimes against humanity.

A Facebook (FB) post is falsely claiming the Commission on Audit (COA) found no irregularities in the utilization of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget, citing the “unmodified opinion” given by the commission to the OVP in 2023.

Two Facebook videos are claiming that First Lady Liza Marcos has been detained in the United States. This is false.

A video falsely claims that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the case against former President Rodrigo Duterte. The clip was from July 2023 when the Philippines’ appeal to stop the ICC's probe into Duterte’s drug war was rejected.

A fake photo showing King Charles III and Queen Camilla beside a statue of former president Rodrigo Duterte that they supposedly commissioned is spreading on Facebook.

A Facebook page is claiming the Supreme Court dismissed the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. This is false.

A video supposedly showing people in Thailand struggling to board a boat due to rough seas caused by the recent earthquake is false.

Netizens are circulating a fake quote card supposedly of Police Maj. General Nicolas Torre III saying he will move overseas should VP Sara Duterte win in the next presidential elections.

Two versions of a quote card supposedly showing ICC president Tomoko Akane ordering the release of Rodrigo Duterte are circulating online. These are fake.

A video claiming former president Rodrigo Duterte has returned home to Davao City after his arrest and incarceration in The Netherlands is false.

Netizens posted a video claiming to show Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III back in Davao City for a police operation after Duterte's March 11 arrest. Not true.

A fake quote card on FB claims that Rep. Stella Quimbo urged police and the DILG to "padlock" Iglesia Ni Cristo churches after Rodrigo Duterte's arrest.

Several posts online are misleading claiming that the PNP has a memo explicitly forbidding its personnel from voicing out support for Duterte.

The dancing video of CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III was edited using an AI-powered meme generator called Viggle.ai.