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Rappler values truth-telling, facts, and factual reporting. We correct at the first instance inaccuracies spotted in our own reports and false claims made by public officials, key public personalities, and other accounts on social media. Fact-checking is done both internally and externally to create and sustain an environment anchored on truth, which is essential to a healthy and working democracy.

If you suspect a Facebook page, group, account, a website, or an article is spreading false information, let Rappler know by contacting us at factcheck@rappler.com. Let us battle disinformation one Fact Check at a time.

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Rappler sustains its efforts to fact-checking enterprise and related efforts to combat disinformation online with support from the National Endowment of Democracy (NED), UNESCO, Internews, Meedan, and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF).

#FactsFirstPH, the collaborative initiative against disinformation that Rappler is leading, is supported by tech partners Meedan and the Google News Initiative.

Rappler is a verified signatory to the fact checkers’ code of ethics of the International Fact-Checkers Network (IFCN) at Poynter. Complaints about possible violations to the IFCN Code of Principles can be coursed through the IFCN.


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FACT CHECK: Pictures of joint training of Philippine and US soldiers not all from Batanes

FACT CHECK: Pictures of joint training of Philippine and US soldiers not all from Batanes
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FACT CHECK: Around 1.6 million Filipinos unemployed as of December 2023, not 10 million

FACT CHECK: Around 1.6 million Filipinos unemployed as of December 2023, not 10 million

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FACT CHECK: No PhilSys program offering P5,000 aid for national ID holders

FACT CHECK: No PhilSys program offering P5,000 aid for national ID holders
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FACT CHECK: Disease X is a potential disease, not an actual illness

FACT CHECK: Disease X is a potential disease, not an actual illness

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FACT CHECK: Post on job vacancies not from official DSWD page

FACT CHECK: Post on job vacancies not from official DSWD page