House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong says "consequences" must be meted out to individuals who deliberately spread false information about the ongoing national energy emergency. Adiong, in a statement Monday, April 6, reckoned that those who exploit the...
Cybercrime agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have stepped up the monitoring of social media on energy‑related disinformation amid the series of oil price hikes in the past weeks. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the intensified campaign against the attempt to...
Sowing confusion by spreading fake news online while the country is under an energy emergency "will be treated as a serious offense," Malacañang said, warning erring online users that it will press charges. In a statement on Sunday, April 5, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Acting...
House Deputy Majority Leader Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luigi Villafuerte has reiterated the need for a Bill of Rights on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to protect Filipinos from fake news, algorithmic discrimination, and invasion of their privacy. Villafuerte made this call in a recent Facebook...
Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro, on Monday, March 23, hit Navotas Lone District Rep. Toby Tiangco for "having a lot to say" as he keeps on allegedly badmouthing government institutions. Her remark came after Tiangco claimed there is now vote buying in the...
President Marcos has called on the public to help the government manage the impact of the Middle East conflict by refraining from spreading misinformation and fake news. Marcos said this as he listed in his recent vlog the different initiatives and measures undertaken by his administration to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, March 12, warned the public about a misleading social media post falsely claiming that classes are suspended every Thursday and Friday, stressing that the circulating information is fake news. In an advisory to the public, DepEd clarified that no...
Top newspaper organizations in the country and the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) forged a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, March 4, to fight disinformation and misinformation on digital platforms. The Manila Bulletin joined other publications in signing the MOU that aims...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya reminded people to be wary of fake and misleading reports on social media about flooding in this highly-urbanized city due to tropical cyclone ‘’Basyang.’’ “It is sad and disappointing that, in the middle of a calamity, some choose to exploit the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has warned the public anew against social media posts and online content that claim divisions within the military, allege political realignments, or suggest that senior officers are backing certain political personalities. “These narratives are fake news...
President Marcos has renewed his call to the media to help in combating fake news, which he said has taken too much space and become damaging. Speaking before journalists at the Year-end Fellowship with the media covering Malacañang on Wednesday, Dec. 3, Marcos stressed that the proliferation of...
The report claiming that a United States agency is recruiting Filipinos to fight in Ukraine was fake news, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Ukraine Embassy in the Philippines said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro confirmed on Friday night, Nov....
