In a country where people have been using Free Facebook, one should verify whether a news he shares is fake or not.
Recently, PAGCOR AVP Arnell Ignaco shared an article on his Facebook account. Little did he know, the ‘news’ he shared was from a website called OKD2.
Arnell, who is known for being a die-hard supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, wrote on his post: “Paano pa nga ba nakukuhang suportahan ng iba itong mga ‘to?”
The 53-year-old former TV host referred his statement to former DSWD secretary Dinky Soliman, former president Benigno Aquino III and former DILG secretary Mar Roxas.
The headlines of the shared article says: “Yolanda Scandal: Roxas, Aquino, Soliman Faces Graft Charges on International Court.”
Unsurprisingly, many of his fans and his fellow DDS fell into this satire news. Most of them cursed the past administration upon reading the headlines.
Debunking fake news
However, a page called Madam Claudia slammed Arnell for believing in such news.
The fictional character, who is a critical of Duterte administration, had checked OKD2’s ‘About’ on their website.
It was then revealed that OKD2 is a satire website “dedicated to celebrities and their most gullible fans.”
A screenshot from the website says:
This is an experimental site created to measure the gullibility of most netizens who don’t know and/or refuse to use Google or other search engines in order to share the truth.
Our purpose is not to tease, insult, mock or bully a certain celebrity, people or organization. This site is created for both entertainment and educational purpose.
However, the website had already revised their ‘About’ section. Fortunately for Arnell, he deleted his post as soon as he learned that the article he had shared was fake.
This was not the first time Arnell fell victim to satire news. Last month, Arnell shared an article about how the Philippines became the most-reformed country after President Duterte came into power.
Another misinformed soul
Equally, his fellow Duterte supporter Mocha Uson was victimized by satire news on social media.
The former sex guru shared a photo of a raped girl, and thought it was taken in the Philippines.
She used the photo to frighten people and make them believe that there was an epidemicity of crimes in our country. Eventually, she took it down after realizing her mistake.
