A video showing a man shot at a virus checkpoint in the Philippines turned out to be a training drill. FMTNews
People wear masks in Manila on March 10. Doctored advisories on lockdown extension are among fake news shared.
The hoaxes are created by a wide array of people with varying motives – from those looking to discredit governments and deepen religious divides, to pranksters – and then shared widely as fact. But others suggested the man had been “hard-headed” and was justly punished for stubbornly ignoring the checkpoint, echoing the types of sentiments from Duterte’s supporters who have cheered on the thousands of drug war deaths.
The clip, in fact, showed shoppers in Brazil on Black Friday, an annual day of sales, in November 2019. The misinformation quickly spread on Facebook, Twitter and the messaging app Line, and Thai police were forced to refute the claim in a press conference.
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