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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Facebook DID NOT remove ‘unsend a message’ feature

By VERA Files | Feb 10, 2023 4:45 PM

A vlogger claimed in a video that Meta has removed the option to delete messages sent between two users on Facebook (FB) Messenger. This is false. “Tinanggal na ang unsent feature doon sa Facebook Messenger chat ni Facebook Meta (Meta removed the unsen[d] feature for Facebook Messenger chat), was the introduction of a Feb. 3 […]

Facebook, Messenger

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: As video is king, misinformation takes its throne in TikTok era

By Celine Isabelle B. Samson | Dec 20, 2022 9:30 AM

(Part 2 of 2) Videos were the weapon of choice for disinformation creators in the last national elections. Over a third, or 82 out of 218 content fact-checked by VERA Files, came in this format. TikTok published 45 of these.

2022 yearender, BBM, bongbong marcos, Deepfake, disinformation, elections, Facebook, Leni Robredo, Tiktok, video, yearender

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Dahil hari ang video, misinformation ang nasa trono sa panahon ng TikTok

By Celine Isabelle B. Samson | Dec 20, 2022 9:30 AM

(Ikalawa ng 2 bahagi) Mga video ang napiling armas ng mga gumagawa ng disinformation noong nakaraang pambansang halalan. Mahigit sa isang ikatlo, o 82 sa 218 na laman ng na-fact-check ng VERA Files, ang gumamit ng format na ito. Inilathala ng TikTok ang 45 sa mga ito.

2022 yearender, BBM, bongbong marcos, Deepfake, disinformation, elections, Facebook, Leni Robredo, Tiktok, video, yearender

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Israel NOT deploying laser cannons to Ukraine

By VERA Files Fact Check | Apr 27, 2022 8:20 PM

A Facebook (FB) video insinuated that Israel is talking to Ukraine to facilitate the delivery of laser weapons against drones and missiles. This claim has no basis. FB page Pinoyy Mysteryy Channel (created on March 30, 2022), posted the video on April 16, and commented: “Mga Laser Weapon Bansang Israel, Pinag Uusapan Ngayon Upang Maipapadala […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Robredo-Meta meeting to ban pro-Marcos accounts

By VERA Files | Feb 11, 2022 8:24 PM

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, denied the claim.

bongbong marcos, Facebook, Leni Robredo, Meta

Fact Check Filipino

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: YouTube disinformation mas notorious at naka-network sa Facebook noong 2021

By Celine Isabelle Samson | Dec 22, 2021 11:25 AM

Ngayong taon, naging mas kitang-kita ang isang nakababahalang trend sa lokal na disinformation mula sa mga YouTube channel. Isang video sa YouTube lang ang kailangan na ma-upload sa mga social media channel upang maging isang matinding tagapagkalat ng misinformation.

2021 yearender, disinformation, Facebook, yearender, YouTube

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: YouTube disinformation more notorious and networked on Facebook in 2021

By Celine Isabelle Samson | Dec 22, 2021 10:00 AM

This year, a worrisome trend in local disinformation from YouTube channels became more prominent. It takes only one YouTube video uploaded across social media channels to be a super-spreader of misinformation.

2021 yearender, disinformation, Facebook, yearender, YouTube

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Coalition urges Facebook to address electoral disinformation in 2022 polls

By Reiven Pascasio | Nov 17, 2021 10:00 PM

A coalition of lawyers, academe, civil society and advocacy groups both local and international is calling on Facebook to provide transparency and increased resources against disinformation as the 2022 polls draw near.

Elections 2022, Facebook

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, typing ‘gratula’ will NOT check your FB account’s safety

By VERA Files | Aug 16, 2020 9:02 PM

The color change happens due to an FB feature called Text Delight.

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Facebook Oversight Board under scrutiny for representation, authority, independence

By Merinette Retona | Jun 03, 2020 12:51 PM

The lone representative of Southeast Asia in Facebook’s Oversight Board (OB) asserted that the body should be “as independent as it could get” even as free expression and human rights advocates caution against high expectations from what is also dubbed as the “supreme court” for the world’s largest social media networking site.

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