The Internet is full of disinformation, spread by people with agendas or those who are mischievous.
At the lower end of the scale are the continual pleas on Facebook to spread garbage due to claimed
"hacking" threats. At the upper end are articles that could kill or harm people - an example is a
circulating hoax about "cough CPR". Between these extremes is material such as that above that
could affect charities' abilities to collect funds to help people in need. The individuals defamed can
fight their own battles but a typhoon victim lacking shelter, food and clothing needs us to put our hands
in our wallets and donate rather than accept inaccurate excuses not to do so.
In the UK, the accounts of individual charities are open to scrutiny via The Charity Commission.
Anyone wishing to determine how a charity spends money on remunerating its staff, for example,
may visit the web site and view the accounts before making a decision as to whether that is excessive.
Link: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/
In Canada and the USA, as far as I can establish from brief searches, this kind of statutory government oversight
isn't there but is being argued for.