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,… Read More »Sa darating na halalan, ano ang panata mo sa katotohanan? #FactsFirstPH
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… Read More »Call to Comelec for transparency, integrity, accountability
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.,… Read More »#FactsFirstPH, VP Leni, supporters fight fake news
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… Read More »Twitter reactions of Filipinos in the First #PiliPinasDebates2022
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… Read More »Twitter’s partnership with COMELEC for PH elections
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, composed of more than 120 (as of this writing) news outfits, business organizations, academe, civil society, legal and human rights groups, and religious to fight disinformation through truth-telling and debunking lies. The same letter will eventually be sent out to candidates running for Vice President and Senator.
The letter asks 3 things of the candidates to support the effort against disinformation networks during this time:
Read More »#FactsFirstPH asks candidates to fight lies and lead fact-based campaigns
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… Read More »YouTube/Google’s approach to protect integrity of PH elections
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 this joint statement to register our concern that these cyber attacks not only produce a chilling effect on bloggers like ourselves but put freedom of expression and our right to know at risk.
Read More »Joint media statement on the cyber attacks against news websites
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… Read More »Like, woke and protest votes in 2022 Elections
“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,… Read More »The battleground is outside this echo chamber