“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is pushing for the teaching of masturbation to four-year-olds.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Feb 2025.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
What Vera Files found
A clip of President Marcos supposedly pushing for the teaching of masturbation to four-year-olds was taken out of context. Last Jan. 20, he actually criticized a bill that he thought was pushing to include masturbation and trying different sexualities in sex education for children.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 6 March 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.