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'Buhay na buhay': Efren Bata Reyes, pinabulaanan ang fake news na pumanaw na siya

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Updated as of Jan 16 07:19 PM

Sa bilyar mismo pinatunayan ni Efren Bata Reyes na buhay pa siya. Read more »

Southeast Asia: Contact tracing a COVID-19 hoax

Yvonne T. Chua, Vera Files
Posted at Jan 16 04:58 AM

The diet hoax—that eating high-alkaline foods could beat COVID-19—should have died down by now. After all, science experts and fact checkers across the globe had been quick to bust it when it came out. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics organisers say cancellation report 'fake news'

Andrew MCKIRDY, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 06:59 PM

Tokyo Olympics organisers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games on Tuesday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed next month was "fake news".    Read more »

PNP: ‘Fake news’ ang kumakalat na memong nagdedeklara ng MECQ sa Metro Manila

Wheng Hidalgo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 12:26 AM

Sa heading pa lang daw ng kumakalat na memo ay kitang hindi ito mula sa opisina ng ng NCRPO, ayon kay PNP Spokesperson Col. Ysmael Yu. Read more »

'Andito po ako': Meme backfires as Robredo cites efforts amid Mindanao floods

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 08:20 PM

The Vice President responded to a troll as she cited her efforts to "coordinate" in the affected area.   Read more »

'Lols, fake news': Robredo disowns alleged statement on price of 'lugaw'

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Posted at Dec 13 09:44 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday disowned a statement supposedly released by her office, which gives details of the price of lugaw or rice porridge.   Read more »

Propaganda web: Pro-Marcos literature, sites, and online disinformation linked

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Posted at Dec 12 04:06 AM

Heritage sites in Ilocos Norte and propaganda books all promoting the “greatness” of dictator Ferdinand Marcos are linked to one another, a study by two University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman researchers from the Marcos Regime Research Group concluded. Read more »

Why can’t social networks stop fake accounts?

Jack Nicas, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 09 06:04 PM

Every few months, social media companies say they removed another billion fake accounts. So how did a 21-year-old delivery driver in Pennsylvania impersonate Trump family members on Twitter for nearly a year, eventually fooling the president?   Read more »

DOJ chief tells public to stop spreading holiday lockdown rumors

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 07:06 PM

MANILA — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has some advice to those who were alarmed by rumors that spread about a possible “holiday lockdown”: stop spreading wrong information and wait for official word. Read more »

China peddles falsehoods to obscure origin of COVID pandemic

Javier C. Hernández, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 07 11:58 AM

Facing global anger over their initial mishandling of the outbreak, Chinese authorities are now trying to rewrite the narrative of the pandemic by pushing theories that the virus originated outside China.   Read more »

Gov't warns vs hoax on new lockdown this holiday season

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Posted at Dec 06 05:28 PM

The government on Sunday warned the public not to believe reports circulating on social media saying it would reimpose strict quarantine measures from Dec. 23 this year to Jan. 3 next year. Read more »

Senate should summon social media execs over spread of fake news online: Pangilinan

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Updated as of Dec 04 01:02 PM

Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Friday said the Senate should consider calling representatives of social media giants to a congressional hearing to discuss how to curb the prevalence of fake news online, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first cases

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 09:26 PM

Facebook Inc's independent oversight board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms.   Read more »

Australia demands apology from China after fake image posted on social media

Kirsty Needham, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 01:38 PM

SYDNEY - Australia's prime minister said a fake image of an Australian soldier posted on a Chinese official's Twitter account was "truly repugnant" and Canberra was demanding it be taken down, amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. Read more »

Robredo says leaders must 'listen for real' to Pinoys’ struggles amid pandemic, typhoon aftermath

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 06:28 PM

MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday urged leaders to hear the plight of Filipinos on the ground and to build “deep and authentic” connections as the country continued to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and reel from the aftermath of recent typhoons.   Read more »

'Infodemic' risks jeopardizing virus vaccines

Julie Charpentrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 03:06 PM

As early as February, with the global pandemic spreading fast, the World Health Organization issued a warning about an "infodemic", a wave of fake news and misinformation about the deadly new disease on social media. Read more »

Roiled by election, Facebook struggles to balance civility and growth

Kevin Roose, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 25 07:43 AM

SAN FRANCISCO — In the tense days after the presidential election, a team of Facebook employees presented the chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, with an alarming finding: Election-related misinformation was going viral on the site.   Read more »

Robredo camp: As misinformation mounts, public must call out ‘fake news’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 10:15 PM

Robredo’s spokesman, lawyer Barry Gutierrez, said while their camp has gotten used to social-media bashing, they do not take so-called “fake news” sitting down. Read more »

Facebook shifts AI strategy to hasten removal of harmful content

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 06:00 AM

In an online briefing on Tuesday, Facebook officials explained how they are using AI to track down and remove harmful content on its social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus.  Read more »

Did Robredo bring a 'director' to typhoon relief programs? No, that was a nurse

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 06:50 PM

MANILA - Vice President Robredo on Thursday decried a "purveyor of fake news" who made it seem that she brought media to record her helping families and residents affected by Ulysses. Read more »