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Yearly dengue deaths don’t outnumber COVID-19 toll
A recent post circulating on Facebook Messenger among Filipinos wrongly claims that more people die of dengue worldwide than of COVID-19....
Jun 6, 20204 min read
Photo of Duterte with anti-terror bill sign doctored
A photo of President Rodrigo Duterte has been tampered with to show him holding a sign declaring the anti-terrorism bill as a solution to...
Jun 4, 20202 min read
ABS-CBN social card on GCQ altered
A social card of ABS-CBN announcing the start of the general community quarantine in Metro Manila has been altered to state that people...
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Back-to-school claim misuses 2017 Chinese seniors photo
A 3-year-old photo of elderly students in China has been misused by a Facebook user to claim that college students are back in school...
May 29, 20203 min read
Deaths from ‘murder’ hornet stings in US, elsewhere a hoax
A Facebook user has been riding on reports of recent sightings of the Asian giant hornet in the United States to fan fears of another...
May 28, 20206 min read
COVID-19 falsely linked to bacteria
A tabloid and Facebook groups in the Philippines have been sharing a false claim that Italy’s health ministry has discovered that...
May 25, 20206 min read
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