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FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Mar Roxas drinking from a plate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 08:16 PM

A photo of Philippine politician Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas purportedly drinking water from a plate has been viewed or shared millions of times online since 2015, and has been used by a rival to mock him ahead of 2019 elections . The photo is not genuine; it is a manipulated version of an original in which there is no plate. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of littering UP students angry at Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 07:31 PM

A photograph that has been shared thousands of times on Facebook shows a street littered with disposable cups which it claims were discarded by students who were angry with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The photo was taken four years before Duterte was elected president and shows a National Geographic Earth Day run. Read more »

HALALAN 2019: Website kontra 'fake news', inilunsad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 12:55 AM

Naglunsad ng ilang programa ang mga estudyante para gabayan ang mga botante sa pagpili ng mga kandidato. Read more »

News orgs, universities launch 2019 elections fact-checking site

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 05:36 PM

Several news organizations and universities have teamed up for a fact-checking website in the run-up to the midterm elections in May. Read more »

Facebook expanding fact-checking in India before election

Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 04:54 PM

Facebook has added 5 new partners including the India Today Group, a leading local media house, to its fact-checker network taking the total number of such partners to 7, Menlo Park, California-based Facebook said in a statement. Read more »

Combating fake news in the elections

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 01:14 PM

Representatives of various news organizations, among them ABS-CBN News' Ging Reyes, (2nd left) and Rappler's Maria Ressa (3rd left), sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) of TSEK.PH with members of the academe led by University of the Philippines President Danilo Concepcion (right) in Quezon City, Monday. TSEK.PH is a collaborative fact-checking project to combat fake news and other forms of disinformation in the run-up to the May 2019 elections. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Pope Francis meeting Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 06 05:52 PM

A reverse image search found that the picture is a doctored version of a photo showing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2016. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Duterte urging voters to reject opposition candidate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 05:36 PM

A reverse image search found the picture had been doctored from a 2016 photograph showing Duterte holding a chart about a narcotics network.   Read more »

Russia rejects Indonesia election 'propaganda' accusations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 11:52 PM

Moscow on Monday denied any involvement in Indonesia's upcoming elections after President Joko Widodo claimed his opponents have used "Russian propaganda" to distort facts and spread fake news. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this campaign material does not show an opposition senator taking credit for a Manila Bay cleanup

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 04:52 PM

The image has been doctored from an original campaign poster which said Bam Aquino was the author of a bill reducing the price of fuel.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, the US State Department has not announced travel sanctions on VP Robredo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 04:26 PM

An article that has been shared thousands of times since it was first posted on Facebook in 2017 claims that the "US Department of States" has imposed travel sanctions on Philippine Vice President Leonor 'Leni' Robredo.  Read more »

EU urges internet firms to intensify fake news fight

Lachlan Carmichael, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 08:54 PM

The EU on Tuesday urged advertising trade associations and US internet giants to intensify the fight against disinformation campaigns from suspects such as Russia, ahead of European elections in May. Read more »

SWS warns public against fake election-survey reports

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 11:21 PM

The Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Saturday also warned against those who might pose as SWS interviewers. Read more »

PH, Myanmar lumagda ng kasunduan sa pagpapalitan ng impormasyon

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 10:46 PM

Sa ilalim din ng kasunduan, magkakaroon ng pagpapalitan ng news ang dalawang bansa kabilang ang mga TV at radio report ng mga state-run media.  Read more »

PANOORIN: Paano malalaman kung 'legit' ang isang survey?

By VERA Files
Updated as of Jan 26 02:28 PM

Kung dati ay fake news lamang ang kumakalat sa internet, ngayong nalalapit na panahon ng eleksyon naman ay mga fake survey ang hitik sa social media. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Trillanes did not wear a shirt bearing Duterte’s nickname

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 04:45 PM

The claim is false, the image has been doctored from an original picture.    Read more »

Facebook boosts efforts to safeguard integrity of 2019 polls

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 05:49 PM

Facebook’s goal is to make it "harder" for offenders to interfere with the elections while making it easier for Filipinos’ voices to be heard, director of Global Politics and Government Outreach Team Katie Harbath said in a briefing.  Read more »

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight 'fake news'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 08:22 AM

That decision followed threats by the Indian government to take action after crazed mobs butchered more than 20 people accused of child kidnapping and other crimes in viral, widely-circulated WhatsApp messages. Read more »

Taiwan steps up probe into surveillance by pro-China media on island

Yimou Lee and James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 02:49 PM

TAIPEI/HONG KONG - Taiwan will step up its investigation of pro-Beijing newspapers accused by politicians on the self-ruled island of spreading fake news and surveillance activities that infringe national security, a security official said on Friday. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this photo does not show Chinese fishing boats in Philippine waters

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 17 07:31 PM

A reverse image search found that the image was taken by the Reuters news agency in China four years before Duterte was elected president. Read more »