Overview
- The Board agreed the post did not violate Meta’s Misinformation policy and could remain online, since it did not include prohibited content like voting procedures or eligibility claims.
- The video repurposed Serbian protest footage with added Tagalog audio, chants of “Duterte,” the song Bayan Ko, and on-screen text suggesting a pro-Duterte rally in the Netherlands days after his ICC extradition.
- The post drew roughly 100,000 views and hundreds of shares, was flagged by automated systems, down-ranked for non‑US users, and entered the fact-checking queue but was not reviewed due to high volume.
- Philippine fact-checking partners had already rated several near-identical viral videos as false, which the Board said should have triggered a High-Risk label and priority handling for this post.
- Recommendations include publicly explaining manipulated-media labels, creating a queue for similar (not just identical) content, and giving fact-checkers better tools, with no implementation response from Meta reported yet.