Diversify sources of news
Where do you get your news? According to the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) research, 79 percent of Filipinos said “they often get their news...
How Google combats disinformation & misinformation
“Fighting misinformation is important to Google and it takes the whole of society working together to address it. We will continue to forge meaningful partnerships...
“Ilaw ng Tahanan” Trends on Twitter during the Second #PiliPinasDebates2022
Twitter launched two new emojis activated by hashtags #NLE2022, #Halalan2022, and #VoteSAFEPilipinas Filipinos showed their support for their preferred presidential candidates by participating in the...
The fight vs disinformation intensifies
TWO important dates stood out last week. The Philippines connected to the internet for the first time on March 29, 1994. Twenty-eight years later, how...
Sa darating na halalan, ano ang panata mo sa katotohanan? #FactsFirstPH
The International Fact-checking day on April 2 is not a single event but a rallying cry for more facts – and fact-checking – in politics, journalism,...
Call to Comelec for transparency, integrity, accountability
EVERYBODY plays a role in the integrity of the National and Local Elections (NLE) on May 9, 2022. “Vote S.A.F.E (Secure, Accurate, Free and Fair...
#FactsFirstPH, VP Leni, supporters fight fake news
Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Gerona Robredo is the “biggest victim” of disinformation according to preliminary data of fact-checking initiative, Tsek.ph. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.,...
Twitter reactions of Filipinos in the First #PiliPinasDebates2022
Twitter shared the sentiments of Filipinos on the COMELEC debates as they went to twitter. A month of campaigning culminated in a lively political showdown...
Twitter’s partnership with COMELEC for PH elections
The public conversation on Twitter is never more important than during elections. It’s when people come to Twitter for credible information about the elections, to...
#FactsFirstPH asks candidates to fight lies and lead fact-based campaigns
Below is an open letter sent by Facts First PH to all the presidential candidates this afternoon. The #FactsFirstPH initiative is a multi-layer, multi-sectoral effort,...
YouTube/Google’s approach to protect integrity of PH elections
Emily Moxley, Vice President for Product Management at YouTube and Irene Jay Liu, APAC News Lab Lead at Google shared to the Philippine media more about YouTube’s...
Joint media statement on the cyber attacks against news websites
As a member of the #FactsFirstPH initiative, comprising more than 100 groups from different sectors, we at Blogwatch are compelled to add our voice to...
Like, woke and protest votes in 2022 Elections
This article titled “how Filipinos will vote in 2022?” first appeared on ASKSonnie.INFO The 2022 national election is a staple topic over coffee with...
The battleground is outside this echo chamber
“I AM part of the solution #KulayRosasAngBukas” was one of my tweets that garnered a modest amount of likes on Twitter. The hashtag campaign #KulayRosasAngBukas,...
#FactsFirstPH to Filipinos: The battle for facts needs you
The battle for facts needs you. This is what more than 100 organizations from the media, coalitions, civil society, business, academe, law, and the Church...