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Advertisers, agencies and social media combine to tackle online threat

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 03:16 PM

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will also include media buying agencies from the major ad groups - WPP, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom and Dentsu - as well as the platform owners, the group said on Tuesday at the ad industry's annual gathering in Cannes, France. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Facebook's latest report on protecting users

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 08:18 PM

Amid rising scrutiny, Facebook recently released its latest report on how its protecting users against harmful content such as fake news, terror propaganda and even the sale of drugs and firearms. Read more »

Fake Zuckerberg video challenges Facebook’s rules

Cade Metz, The New York Times
Updated as of Jun 12 08:26 AM

Posted to the Facebook-owned social network Instagram, the video shows Zuckerberg speaking directly into the camera, boasting of nefarious motives behind his online empire. Read more »

Robredo denies 'fake news' she will step down if no Otso Diretso bet wins

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 11:39 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday belied a Facebook post claiming she would quit her post if no Otso Diretso candidate will win in the Senate race. Read more »

Comelec says no responsibility over 'fake news' vs Colmenares, party-lists

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 10:50 PM

The Commission on Elections has no responsibility over senatorial aspirants and party-lists who were hit by fake news about the supposed cancellation of their candidacies, the poll body’s spokesperson said Monday. Read more »

Colmenares decries reports he, 5 Makabayan parties disqualified in polls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 04:59 PM

"Fake news yun," Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez told reporters when asked to comment.  Read more »

FACT CHECK: Police, Army reservists share false disqualification claim vs Makabayan bloc

Tsek.ph
Posted at May 13 04:36 PM

The Facebook page of the Iloilo City Police Office and multiple Facebook accounts of Army reservists in Mindanao shared May 12 a post that falsely reported that the Commission on Elections has disqualified six partylist groups under the Makabayan bloc: Bayan Muna, Anakbayan, Anakpawis, ACT-Teachers, Gabriela and Anakbayan. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not an ABS-CBN News story on a former Bulacan official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 12:05 AM

The Facebook post is fake and the screenshot was doctored. ABS-CBN News did not publish the article.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a genuine photo of a PH actress attacking opposition candidates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 09:59 PM

The image was doctored from a photo in which the actress was pictured holding a sign supporting the opposition.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a real photo of a banner urging PH youth to join communist rebellion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 06:07 PM

XThe claim is false; the image has been doctored from an original photo in which the banner displayed an anti-fascist message. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not the ‘official’ ballot used in PH midterm polls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 09:52 PM

The claim is false; the ballots that can be seen in the misleading videos are missing a key security feature included on all official ballots. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these are not genuine photos of ex-US president Obama showing support for Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 07:56 PM

The claim is false; the two photos in the composite image have been doctored from photos of Barack Obama in which he did not show visible support for Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Facebook rejects co-founder call for breakup, senator urges US antitrust probe

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at May 10 08:48 AM

Facebook has been under scrutiny from regulators around the world over data sharing practices as well as hate speech and misinformation on its networks. Some US lawmakers have pushed for action to break up big tech companies as well as federal privacy regulation. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 9, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 01:42 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Red-tagging on Facebook

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 12:43 PM

Member of various health groups troop in front of Facebook Philippines' office on Thursday to express disappointment over the social media giant's inaction on complaints regarding pages and posts that allegedly spread false information.  Read more »

Singapore passes 'fake news' law despite fierce criticism

Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 01:01 AM

If an action is judged to be malicious and damaging to Singapore's interests, companies could be hit with fines of up to 1 million Singapore dollars ($735,000). Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a genuine tsunami warning issued for PH in April

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 05:45 PM

The claim is false; the photo in the misleading posts shows a storm in Sydney, Australia in 2015; no official tsunami warnings have been issued in the Philippines so far in 2019. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Trillanes holding land title for part of West PH Sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 05:05 PM

The image shows the lawmaker holding a complaint he filed against Rodrigo Duterte in May 2016, before Duterte became president of the Philippines. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these photos don't show ‘human meat’ used in canned food

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 30 05:12 PM

The images are actually from a vegan protest and a promotional event for a video game. Read more »

OPINION/SATIRE: My take on a fake

Alan Robles -- Hot Manila
Posted at Apr 26 06:37 PM

I'm making this clarification because a few days ago, a fact checker from Rappler contacted me. She wanted to confirm if I had really written a recent ABS-CBN News story shared in a Facebook troll page called "The President Duterte Guardians." Read more »