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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old building demolition video WRONGLY linked to Turkey quake

By vera files fact check | Feb 20, 2023 1:31 PM

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. On Feb. 9 and 10, two FB users published as reels a short clip of a large gray building collapsing into the ground and creating a […]

false, reels, Tiktok, turkey earthquake, video

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DepEd to revise, NOT abolish K to 12

By vera files fact check | Feb 02, 2023 8:26 PM

Two days after Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte delivered the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023 on Jan. 30, a YouTube video falsely claimed that she, along with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, abolished the K to 12 education system. The 8-minute and 35-second video posted on Feb. 1, carried the headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG GRABE! […]

deped, false, K to 12, Sara Duterte-Carpio, video, YouTube

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about Kuwait deployment ban MISLEADS

By vera files fact check | Feb 02, 2023 2:21 PM

Contrary to a post shared on TikTok and Facebook (FB), there is no deployment ban to Kuwait following the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara. “The [Department of Foreign Affairs] (DFA) and the [Department of Migrant Workers] (DMW) share the same opinion that for now, there is no deployment ban because both […]

Jullebee Ranara, misleading, OFW community, OFW in Kuwait, Tiktok, video

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral TikTok videos DO NOT show suspect, suspect’s mother in OFW’s rape-slay

By vera files fact check | Feb 02, 2023 2:02 PM

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. TikTok Video 1 TikTok user @woainiiweng posted on Jan. 28 a video and photo collage that […]

false, OFW, OFW community, OFW in Kuwait, Tiktok, video

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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: Video FALSELY claims Marcos-Duterte took action against UP Diliman for disobeying face-to-face classes order

By vera files fact check | Oct 23, 2022 5:26 PM

No action was taken by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio against the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman for allegedly disobeying orders on conducting full face-to-face classes. Posted on Oct. 17, the 19-minute Facebook (FB) video carried the headline: “HALA! PRES MARCOS VP SARA TINAP0S […]

bongbong marcos, Department of Education, false, Sara Duterte-Carpio, UP Diliman, video

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos DID NOT name Malacañang traitor

By vera files fact check | Oct 18, 2022 9:22 AM

A headline of a YouTube video claims that Sen. Imee Marcos recently revealed the identity of a traitor in Malacañang. Its title read: “KAKAPASOK LANG HALA KA! Pres MARCOS Sen.IMEE DI NAKA-PAGPIGIL NILANTAD na ang TRYD0R sa MALACANANG (Just in, oh no! President [Bongbong] Marcos Sen. Imee could not stop herself, exposes the traitor in […]

Imee Marcos, misleading, video, YouTube

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tulfo DID NOT agree to scrap DSWD 4Ps program

By vera files fact check | Oct 15, 2022 9:08 AM

A video uploaded on YouTube and Facebook (FB) falsely claimed that Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo favors the scrapping of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) law if it is found ineffective in alleviating poverty. It appeared a day after the Senate conducted a hearing on Oct. 12 to discuss the proposed 2023 budget of […]

Erwin Tulfo, misleading, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, video, YouTube

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel NOT jailed

By vera files fact check | Oct 13, 2022 1:04 PM

A blog link shared on Facebook (FB) insinuated that Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel was jailed after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took action. This is false. On Oct. 10, multiple FB pages and groups reposted a blog link with the headline: “JUST IN: KULONG NA! PRES MARCOS UMAKSYON AGAD! BOYING REMULLA IKULONG SI RAOUL MANUEL! […]

clickbait headline, false, Kabataan Partylist, Raoul Manuel, video, YouTube