The UST Department of Journalism has renewed its partnership with Tsek.ph, the pioneering elections-based fact-checking project in the Philippines relaunched on Feb. 7, in time for the 2025 midterm elections.
UST will join 23 media, academic, and civil society partners in “combating disinformation with verified information” about the elections. This marks the University’s second time joining the initiative after the 2022 presidential elections.
Tsek.ph was launched during the 2019 midterm elections.
It verifies and fact-checks candidates’ platforms and campaign promises; election-related statements made by candidates, personalities, government agencies, and other entities; and election-related posts on social media and other platforms.
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