A viral video falsely claimed that the administration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will provide cash assistance to all Filipinos under a proposed stimulus bill.
Netizens reuploaded a snippet of a YouTube video containing baseless claims about the Marcos family inheriting and distributing wealth.
False claims about contractualization, ROTC, and Bataan Nuclear Power Plant under administration of the late president Corazon Aquino.
Fact checkers, who are at the frontlines in debunking online mis- and disinformation, underscored the need for YouTube to take “effective action” against lies being peddled in its platform.
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.
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.