AI fakery rises, but cheapfakes still rule the race

AI-manipulated videos and audio have emerged as a growing disinformation tactic ahead of Monday’s midterm elections—more frequent, more targeted and more deceptive. Despite their rise, simpler manipulations, or shallowfakes, remain the more widespread threat, continuing to dominate the misinformation landscape flagged by fact-checkers.

Trillanes hasn’t conceded Caloocan mayoral race

An old news card showing former senator Antonio Trillanes IV conceding in the 2022 national elections has resurfaced online and is being misrepresented as a recent development in this year’s elections where he is running as mayor of Caloocan city. 

Castro red-tagged after casting vote

Makabayan senatorial candidate Rep. France Castro has been falsely red-tagged in a Facebook post that misappropriated a photo of her outside her polling center in Valenzuela.

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‘ANO NGA BA ANG HALAGA NG MGA JOURNALISTS SA ATING LIPUNAN?’

Kasama si Cheche Lazaro, isang beteranong broadcast journalist, balikan natin ang tunay na papel ng media sa isang malaya at demokratikong lipunan. Alamin kung paano tayo nililigaw ng disinformation—at kung paano tayo makakalaban pabalik gamit ang kritikal na pag-iisip at paninindigan sa katotohanan.

Tsek/Eks: ‘Makatao o ‘Di Makatao?’

Ayon kay Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, hindi makatao ang ilang mga pahayag sa social media hinggil sa pagkaaresto ng ICC kay Rodrigo Duterte dahil sa madugo nitong drug war.

Survey at disimpormasyon

Panoorin ang panayam kay UP Department of Political Science Assoc. Prof. Alicor Panao tungkol sa mga survey at kung paano ito nagagamit sa disimpormasyon.

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