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19/11/2025

NEPAL PROTEST MISCAST AS PH RALLY

A video of a protest in Nepal is being misrepresented as footage from a Philippine rally timed with Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Nov. 16 anticorruption rally.

A video of a political demonstration in Nepal from early September has been passed off as a rally in the Philippines timed with the religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo’s (INC) anticorruption protest. The 20-second Facebook reel posted by Bukas Ako Naman on Nov. 16 shows a heavily crowded street with...

18/11/2025

FLOODED CLASSROOM VIDEO? IT’S AI

A viral AI-generated video on Tiktok, reshared on Facebook, falsely showed knee-high flood inside a classroom after Typhoon “Tino” struck. FactRakers used AI indicators and detection tools to confirm it was synthetic.

A viral TikTok video has falsely portrayed students and teachers clinging to chairs as floodwater above the knee ravaged a classroom supposedly during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino” (Kalmaegi), a scene that AI indicators and detection tools suggest was artificially generated. TikTok user ...

17/11/2025

ZALDY CO DEEPFAKE VIDEO

An altered video used AI-generated audio to show resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co purportedly saying he was being singled out in the flood control corruption scandal. It was posted about 10 days before his video appeared on his official page.

A deepfake video used AI-generated audio to portray resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co as purportedly claiming he was made the fall guy in the flood control probe and accusing higher officials of avoiding accountability.The earliest upload traced by FactRakers was first posted on YouTub...

17/11/2025

WRONG CONTEXT

A Facebook post falsely claimed that a photo showing dead people lined up on a street was taken after typhoon “Tino” slammed the Visayas on Nov. 4. The image actually shows aftermath of the deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Oct. 29.

A photo showing covered bodies lined up on a narrow street in Brazil has been misrepresented as evidence of the death toll caused by typhoon “Tino” (Kalmaegi).Facebook user Mga ka Bossing posted on Nov. 6 the photo taken during an Oct. 29 police operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janei...

15/11/2025

OLD CARS CAN STILL USE EXPRESSWAYS

A Facebook user has misused a photo of Land Transportation Office (LTO) enforcers apprehending an unregistered vehicle to falsely claim that old cars are no longer allowed in expressways.

A Facebook user has misrepresented a photo of Land Transportation Office (LTO) enforcers apprehending an unregistered car to falsely claim that old vehicles are now banned from expressways.The photo showing a red Honda Civic car with its hood open as several traffic enforcers inspect it on the side....

13/11/2025

EDITED “TINO” VIDEO BLOWS OUT OF PROPORTION ⛈

A local radio station published an altered Facebook reel claiming to show the landfall of Typhoon Tino in Visayas. Here’s the truth behind the clip.

A Facebook reel posted by a local radio station purportedly showing the landfall of typhoon “Tino” (international name Kalmaegi) in the Visayas is actually a video of a tornado that struck Spain in late October.The manipulated 17-second video was uploaded on Nov. 4 by Bombo Radyo Gensan to its F...

07/11/2025

Kiko Barzaga is exaggerating. The Armed Forces of the Philippines has not recorded any imminent threat of war or attempt at Mindanao secession under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not recorded any imminent threat of war or attempt at Mindanao secession under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., contrary to a claim made by Cavite 4th District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga.In a Nov. 6 email to FactRakers, the AFP’s Public Affairs O...

29/10/2025

NOT THE ONLY ONE…

Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s partly wrong when he claimed that a suit involving the 2025 budget is the only to ever reach the Supreme Court. Several petitions challenging certain provisions of the General Appropriations Act have been filed in the past.

Petitions challenging certain provisions of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) have been filed before the Supreme Court in various years, including one in 2025 that Sen. Rodante Marcoleta incorrectly claimed was the only case that reached the high tribunal.

27/10/2025

NO MANUAL COUNTING HAPPENED!

A Facebook post falsely claimed that a “manual count” changed the results of the 2025 senatorial election, naming an alternate slate of winners including Jimmy Bondoc, Vic Rodriguez, Jayvee Hinlo, Doc Mata, Apollo Quiboloy and Raul Lambino.

Comelec has not conducted any manual count for the 2025 senatorial election, contrary to a claim by former broadcaster Jay Sonza.

25/10/2025

Sara recycles debunked claim

Vice President Sara Duterte has repeated a false claim that her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, never threatened witnesses and critics on his war on drugs despite his history of openly doing so.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly threatened witnesses and critics of his war on drugs, contrary to his daughter and current Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that he never intimidated anyone.Public threats were a hallmark of the Duterte administration. A 2020 report by the United ...

21/10/2025

A MEOW-SSIVE MISREAD😿

Cavite Rep. Kiko Barzaga’s satirical Facebook post misled some netizens into thinking that the P1.28 trillion education budget for 2026 approved by the House recently is dedicated to “ghost classrooms.”

The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading on Oct. 13 a proposed P6.793 national budget for 2026 under House Bill No. 4058 with no allocation for “ghost classrooms.” That same evening, however, Cavite 4th District Representative Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga uploaded a socia...

14/07/2025

RECAP: KRAZY ELECTIONS FORDA PLOT!
Maraming nangyaring plot twists na nagbunga ng mga maling impormasyon online noong nakaraang eleksyon – mula sa pag-aresto kay dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte hanggang sa iba’t ibang isyu sa araw ng botohan.
Balikan ang mga balita, drama, at disinformation sa Part 2 ng aming recap.
Kahit tapos na ang eleksyon, ‘wag magpaloko; dapat i-tsek mo!