MANILA, Philippines – Fabricated, altered, or AI-generated. These are the tactics of false news peddlers this September, sharing lies on social media. The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has been at the center of it all since July 2026. Watch this video by researcher-writer Lourence Marcellana to separateContinue Reading
Claim: A P50-million fine will be imposed on individual Filipinos for improper use of social media, specifically Facebook. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Multiple posts are circulating online that a supposed P50-million fine will be imposed on users who will “not use Facebook properly,” as translated from Filipino. AmongContinue Reading
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Claim: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the dismissal of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A viral Facebook post by an account called “Oskarkilo Vlog” made the claim on September 28, saying: “Breaking news: Impeachment case ni VP Sara, binasura na ng SupremeContinue Reading
The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Traitor 47 by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the The Traitor White House commercials are political messages intended to influence the 2026 midterms and may violate U.S.Continue Reading
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Claim: A video shows a clash between the Philippine military and armed men that happened in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Multiple posts from Facebook pages called “Barako Transceiver,” “Morzid Vlog,” “Grand Media BangsaMoro,” andContinue Reading
Claim: A video claims that reports of the supposed death of former House speaker Martin Romualdez’s son were circulated to cover up a plan to fly the detained lawmaker out of the country. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A YouTube video posted by the channel “Munting Kaalaman” on SeptemberContinue Reading
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In the Texas Senate race, comments Republican Ken Paxton made in 2022 about the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are circulating on social media, thanks to posts by his opponent, Democrat James Talarico, and the Democratic Party. But their posts use just a snippet of Paxton’sContinue Reading
A Republican super PAC has been running an ad that makes the misleading claim that North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper “let 16,000 untested rape kits sit on the shelf” when he was the state’s attorney general. The evidence kits were in the custody of hundreds of local law enforcementContinue Reading
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