A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in social media posts that claim the state-run University of the Philippines was"closed down" following an order by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The claim, however, is misleading. The university's vice president of public affairs told AFP that no such order had been issued as of July 27, and the university was still operating.
The Tagalog-language text superimposed on the video's thumbnail translates to English as:"CRY! IT'S BEEN SIGNED. SHOCKING! THIS IS THE NEWS THAT SHOOK UP DILIMAN". The thumbnail features images of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Vice President Sara Duterte, former vice president Leni Robredo and former senator Francis Pangilinan, who was Robredo's running mate during the 2022 elections.Screenshot of the misleading post, taken on July 25, 2022.
"BBM" is a nickname for Marcos Jr, while"UP Diliman" refers to the main campus of the University of the Philippines inSpeaking in a mix of Tagalog and English, the video's narrator discusses protests by university students in the Philippines -- including