Social media remains a battleground for narratives about history, with long-debunked conspiracy theories and misleading claims resurfacing again and again. Many narratives are aimed at changing public perception about the corruption and fall of the Marcos dictatorship and diminishing the civilian-led revolt that ended it.
As the Philippines marks the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, PressOne.PH looks back at its series of fact-checks examining viral videos and recurring assertions that sought to distort what happened before, during, and after EDSA—from claims of foreign orchestration and forced exile to revisionist portrayals of key figures—anchoring each debunking in verified records, historical context, and credible sources.
In the video we had debunked previously, the discredited former World Bank employee Karen Hudes makes another outlandish claim: that the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986 was engineered the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Vatican.
FACT-CHECK: People Power revolt engineered by the CIA and Vatican
In a video that has been viewed 34,000 times, Facebook page “BBM SARA Tv’s” claimed that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos left the Philippines following the 1986 People Power revolt to prevent violence and bloodshed.
A pro-Marcos YouTube channel made the false claim that the Marcos family was kidnapped by the United States military during the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
Without proper historical context, videos comparing the orders of two ex-presidents, Ferdinand Marcos during the 1986 EDSA “People Power” Revolution and Cory Aquino during the 1989 coup attempt, are being circulated by Marcos supporters.
Key context was missing in an oft-repeated claim by ex-senator Juan Ponce Enrile that it was Cory Aquino, not Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who was the real dictator when she rolled out a revolutionary constitution following the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.
With history now a crucial battleground following the return of the Marcoses to Malacañang three decades after a popular revolt, various social media users and content creators have highlighted one historical fact: that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. left his mother home when he fled to Hawaii in 1986. -PressOnePH
FACT-CHECK: Claim that Marcos Sr. left mother in PH when he fled to Hawaii in ‘86 needs context
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