FactCheck: Sandra Aguinaldo, the reporter who originally uploaded the photo under scrutiny, posts photos from other angles and clarifies that there was physical distancing during the protest.
on Independence Day 2020 at the University of the Philippines Diliman did not practice physical distancing.
Website asianpolicy.press published a blog post that contained a photo from the event on Friday, June 12. Its headline read:"LOOK:The website credited GMA News reporter Sandra Aguinaldo for the photo. The blog post only had short text that said: "Ito ay kuha ng GMA News mula sa UP kung saan nagtipon-tipon ang mga taga oposisyon para mag protesta. Sa tingin ninyo, base sa litratong ito, sinusunod ba nila ang health and safety protocols? Let us know in the comments."
Facebook's monitoring tool called Claim Check flagged the link for fact checkers to verify. It was reported at least 5 times on the platform for containing false information. The link to the blog post was shared 8 times on Facebook. As of writing, the blog post had 7,920 combined engagements on Facebook based on data from social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
TINGNAN: Mga aso pawang sumunod sa physical distancing habang natutulog
Read more »
Amazon to use AI tech in its warehouses to enforce social distancing
Read more »
A Cebu City resident’s refresher guide to ECQCEBU CITY, Philippines -- Cebu City has once again been placed under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), which reinstates the stricter protocols in social distancing, movement, public
Read more »
Duterte asks for patience as gov’t scrambles to buy distance learning gadgetsPresident Rodrigo Duterte asked Filipinos on Monday to give him until the end of the week to find funds for the purchase of distance learning gadgets, like radios, with the government running out of money again.
Read more »
Parañaque allots P500M for distance learning – The Manila TimesTHE Parañaque City government has allocated P500 million for educational tablets and allowances of public school students and teachers as schools adopt the Department of Education’s (DepEd) distance learning programs. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said P300 million would be allotted for public school students and teachers, while P200 million would be used to pay the P6,000-annual […]
Read more »