The TikTok campaign to rebrand ‘POGO Mayor’ Alice Guo
When Alice Guo rolled her eyes in Congress, a wave of TikTok “fan accounts” turned that moment into “napindot na si anger”—and helped recast her image just as she faced serious allegations.
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Inside Guo-Tok: How TikTok fan accounts whitewashed Alice Guo’s image amid POGO probe
A VERA Files investigation uncovered a network of 45 TikTok accounts that exhibited signs of a coordinated campaign from May to December 2024 to boost Guo’s reputation as a progressive leader and defend her innocence, amid the probe on her alleged links to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) during this period.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old building demolition video WRONGLY linked to Turkey quake
A video of a building demolition in Saudi Arabia was posted on Tiktok and passed off as part of the devastation caused by the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey. A reverse image search shows that this was actually taken in Saudi Arabia.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about Kuwait deployment ban MISLEADS
There is no deployment ban to Kuwait following the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral TikTok videos DO NOT show suspect, suspect’s mother in OFW’s rape-slay
Viral TikTok videos supposedly showing the suspect and his mother, in the rape and murder of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara in Kuwait are false. The man and woman in the video collage are unrelated to the case.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of woman eating sausage with human flesh NEEDS CONTEXT
A video showing a woman consuming a sausage containing human flesh is currently circulating on Facebook and TikTok. It was a prank.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: As video is king, misinformation takes its throne in TikTok era
(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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Dahil hari ang video, misinformation ang nasa trono sa panahon ng TikTok
(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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Filipinos face rapid-fire falsehoods on social media in 2022 elections
Election disinformation that Filipinos faced was harmful, repetitive and fast-moving. It was also built on the foundations of years-long disinformation that targeted specific candidates.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Mga Pilipino nahaharap sa sunud-sunod na mga kasinungalingan sa social media sa 2022 elections
(Una sa dalawang bahagi) Lituhin at linlangin ang naging laro noong 2016 presidential elections gayundin sa 2019 mid-term polls, ngunit ang presidential race sa taong ito ang pinakamasama.