“Cursing is prohibited and punishable under the Safe Spaces Act.”
Bani Municipal Police Station
Claim dated 22 Aug 2022.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
Cursing alone is not punishable under the Safe Spaces Act. What Republic Act No. 11313 prohibits are "unwanted and uninvited sexual actions or remarks" that discriminates against a person’s gender or sexual orientation and their appearance.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bani Municipal Police Station made this claim around 22 August 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 2 September 2022, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/Malabontimes.ph/posts/pfbid0236fZBoCphJWQwNr1BWYMUy4w3h3Cznofvog…
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/rommelflopez/status/1562318670956740608?s=21&t=NFbP1t-q6PGBDa6hOdyMuQ
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/v3FXP
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/uvqF9
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