ABOUT

MariCheck checking in! Hi mga kacheckmosa!

MariCheck is a non-profit organization dedicated to mitigating the spread of FAKE NEWS. We want you all to be informed and learn more about FACT-CHECKING. As we all know, the usual tag for people who are fond of gossiping and eavesdropping is Marites, Marisol, Marife, Mariposa, etc. in the Philippines, that's why we came up with the idea of naming our organization "MariCheck". And most of the time, the information they provide is not entirely accurate, and we added CHECK from the phrase FACT-CHECK. This page will offer you information regarding fake news tips for determining whether or not the sources are reliable and credible. Please visit our website to learn more about us. #FactItMarites

Mission

To provide and ensure quality, fact-dependent information and give genuinely competent and plain-spoken invalidation of myths and misconceptions about the happenings in the society.

Vision

To aid the Internet and its netizens with their combat against the global spread of misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and also to establish digital media literacy across societies.

Purpose

II. Purpose With today's advancement of technologies, people tend to spend more time surfing the internet. Due to this, the spreading of misinformation is inevitable and has become rampant. Zhuravskaya (2021) expounded that social media is widely known as the first type of mass communication that allows regular users to produce and share information. In addition, a study by Woo (2021) shows that one of the main reasons for the dissemination of it is that so many people use social media, and false tales are often combined with truth, wherein it spreads quickly across the internet.

This campaign aims to:

Avoid the spreading of misinformation.
Educate people on how to do fact-checking to avoid believing in false information.
Believe in facts, not in opinions.
Educate, criticize, and correct, do not judge and hate.
Do not force people, if they want, they will.