This is a presentation that I delivered during the Launching of the Future Media Program of USGAA-Philippines.

1. Break the Fake
Movement
and the rise of trolls...
Gab Billones

2. 01
How Break the Fake started
02
The Rise of Trolls and the State
of Disinfodemic
Points of
Discussion
03
Our Role as the Youth

3. Break the
Fake
Blogathon
2017
This happened in a
seminar-workshop
hosted by the U.S.
Embassy Manila in
De La Salle
University.
Social Media
Campaign
2018
In this year, we
launched all of the
blog entries from
the previous year's
Break the Fake
Vlogathon
Break the
Fake
Hackathon
2019
This is a triple-leg
hackathon hosted in
3 countries across
Southeast Asia -
including Manila,
Jakarta, and Kuala
Lumpur.
Break the
Fake
Vlogathon
2020
This is a video-
blogging
competition that
gathered video
documentaries on
fake news.
Media Civics
Lab
2020-21
Media Civics Lab is a
year-long MIL
program that aims
to develop SK
leaders to help fight
COVID-related
disinformation.
Timeline

4. The Break the
Fake Movement
Founding Team

5. disinformation
echo chamber
misinformation
Fabricated or deliberately
manipulated audio/visual
content. Intentionally created
conspiracy theories or rumors.
confirmation bias
malinformation
Terms
Unintentional mistakes
such as innacturate photo
captions, dates, statistics,
translations, or when
satire is taken seriously.
Deliberate publication of
private information for
personal or corporate
rather than public interest,
such as revenge porn.
Deliberate change of
context, date or time of
genuine content.

6. What is
'fake
news'?
Fake news refers
to news articles
that are
intentionally and
verifiably false”
designed to
manipulate
people’s
perceptions of real
facts, events, and
statements.

7. Growing decline in trust of the
media and government
Fake news stories appeal to our
emotions
Proliferation of internet bots
People can now create content
unburdened by the layers of editing
and fact-checking that news
organisations adhere to
Content is aggregated into a single
“news” feed – mixing updates from
friends and family with identical-
looking links to stories across the
web

8. Fake news appeals on individual
emotion, so they're highly
sensationalized and exaggerated.
This claim is false. Davao City is not the largest city in
the world, based on land area and population. It is,
however, the biggest city in the Philippines based on
land area.
The New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metro region is
the largest urban area by physical size. Tokyo, Japan is
the largest city by population as of 2018.
Samples of Fake News in the Philippines

9. Fake news twists the
truth, such as using
popular figures to
launch statements in
order to support their
political narrative.
Samples of Fake News in the Philippines

10. SMS and group-based
chats are vulnerable
environments to
disinformation.
Samples of Fake News in the Philippines

11. Troll
International experts have
dubbed the Philippines as
“patient zero” when it comes
to digital disinformation.

12. Identify:
Cyberbully,
troll, predator or
scammer?

13. Cyberbully, troll,
predator, or
scammer?

14. Common traits of a
troll
1. Always posting negative comments
3. Never tries to end conversations amicably
2. Copies and pastes large amounts of texts

15. Tips for
Spotting Fake
News, Hoax
and
Disinformation

16. The Verification Checklist
Origin: Are you looking
at the original piece of
content?
01
Source: Who created
the piece of content?
02
Objective: Why was
the piece of content
captured?
05
Date: When was the piece
of content captured?
03
Location: Where was
the piece of content
captured?
04

17. Claim
A video showing rows of black body
bags sprawled on the floor was taken
from East Avenue Medical Center
(EAMC).
Rating: FALSE
The facts: EAMC refuted the claim that the
video was taken from there. The original clip
was from Ecuador.

18. Fact check: PH flag
used as a tablecloth
for SEA Games
2019
The photos also showed that the Philippine flag was touching
the floor and it was against the law -
An official from the Philippine Sports Commission has
debunked the claim regarding the Philippine flag.
However, it has been reported that
the claim was false and misleading
the public .

20. FALSE: Davao City is
the largest city in the
world
Rappler, December 9,
2020
"What is Fake News?"
University of California
Santa Barbara
Investigating troll
farms: What to look
out for
Rappler, July 17, 2021
References Misinformation,
Disinformation,
Malinformation:
What's the
difference?
Minitex, February 21,
2019

21. Contact Us
Phone Number
0917-328-1874
Email Address
breakthefakeph@gmail.com
Website
www.breakthefakemovement.com
Socials
@breakthefakeph