Umani ng kaliwa’t kanang batikos ang China matapos itong maglabas ng bagong “standard map” noong Aug. 28. Dito sa episode ng What The F?! Podcast, pakinggan ang paliwanag ni Dr. Chester Cabalza, isang security analyst, kung ano ang intensyon ng China sa pagpapalabas ng bagong mapa.
Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that the new 10-dash line map of China has included the entire Philippines as part of its territory.
A video circulating on Facebook and YouTube claims that the Philippines and Iran have formed a military alliance against China. No such pact was forged.
A video used an altered photo to claim that the Philippine Navy had fired warning shots at Chinese vessels in Scarborough Shoal on Aug. 9.
A Facebook video misled netizens into thinking that Russian warships recently entered the territories of the Philippines and Taiwan.
A YouTube channel falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos expelled Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian following the Aug. 5 water cannon incident in the West Philippine Sea.
A U.S. fighter jet did not fly by a Chinese vessel that fired a water cannon at two Philippine Coast Guard vessels in the West Philippine Sea.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. contradicted the assertions of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea that the 2016 arbitral court decision had declared the area as part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
Ang Ayungin Shoal ay isang low-tide elevation na hindi maaaring angkinin o maging paksa ng isang sovereignty claim sa ilalim ng international law. Malinaw na nakasaad sa final at binding award sa South China Sea arbitration noong Hulyo 12, 2016 na ang Ayungin Shoal ay "nasa loob ng exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas" kung saan ang Pilipinas ay may sovereign rights at hurisdiksyon, sinabi ng Department of Foreign Affairs sa isang pahayag, na sinang-ayunan ng National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea.
Ang Ren'ai Reef, na kilala bilang Ayungin Shoal sa Pilipinas at Second Thomas Shoal sa buong mundo, ay bahagi ng 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas, batay sa arbitral win ng bansa noong 2016 laban sa China.
