Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)<\/a> on Thursday warmed the public of a video on social media platform TikTok claiming that it will provide educational assistance for students is fake.The said video is no longer available,\u00a0 but a screen capture shared by the DSWD said that it claimed that those who want to avail of the alleged assistance should \u00a0fill out a \u201cSocial Amelioration Card\u201d form and must wait for a text message or a call.<\/p>\nThe DSWD said that it will not ask for personal information online as it violates the Data Privacy Act.<\/p>\n
\u201cPara sa kaalaman ng lahat, ang DSWD ay hindi nanghihingi ng personal information online para sa application ng \u2018educational assistance\u2019 dahil ito ay labag sa Data Privacy Act,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
(The DSWD does not ask for personal information online for the application of \u2018educational assistance\u2019 as it violates the Data Privacy Act.)<\/p>\n
It added that its Tara, Basa! tutoring program, which engages 2nd to 4th-year college students to teach children who have difficulties learning how to read, is available for those whose families are economically challenged.<\/p>\n
The DSWD also told the public to analyze and verify online content as those which do not come from credible sources may be sources of scams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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