FALSE: Protesters at U.P. did not practice physical distancing

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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.

 

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Her 1 photo was singled out and use by DDS . This has been clarified by Sandra

Sinong nag pakana yan walang iba mga trolls ng poon.. Daming devil sa administration ngayon..

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