SUMMARY
Claim: India, Pakistan, US, and Japan have sent over 1,000 ships to the West Philippine Sea.
Why we fact-checked this: The TikTok video bearing the claim was posted on June 30 by an account with 3,099 followers, which has posted other videos with similar claims.
The video shows a fleet of ships with the text “1,000+ na boat ang nagbabantay!” (Over 1,000 boats are on guard!). As of writing, the video has 270,900 views, 10,600 likes, and 1,561 shares.
The bottom line: There are no reports from the US, Philippines, Japan, Pakistan, or India about any naval deployment or joint maritime activities involving these five countries in the West Philippine Sea. The video provides no evidence for its claim, and no credible news outlets have reported on the supposed deployment of 1,000 sh…