“The Philippines, Australia, Japan and the United States have banded together to attack Chinese forces in the West Philippine Sea.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 May 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
While the Philippines and its three allied nations have agreed for stronger maritime cooperation, they have not announced anything about staging an armed attack against China. Defense chiefs from the four countries just slammed China’s aggressive activities in the South China Sea.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 May 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9Gi8MPX-U
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