<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[FactRakers]]></title><description><![CDATA[FactRakers]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:12:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.factrakers.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Road near ICC detention center paved before Duterte’s arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[A road near the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center in The Hague had already been paved and improved years before former President Rodrigo Duterte was detained there in March 2025, contrary to a Facebook reel suggesting Dutch authorities improved it after profiting from his supporters’ visits. The video, uploaded Feb. 20 by Facebook user “Carlos Wanders,” claimed the Dutch government fixed “Duterte Street” because of the influx of overseas Filipinos and Duterte supporters in...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/road-near-icc-detention-center-paved-before-duterte-s-arrest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0df87c2137953aa9a4830b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:17:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_4b35221972e54e37b47b5b52749d1672~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinulog video misused as Davao City rally for Duterte]]></title><description><![CDATA[Footage from Cebu City’s Sinulog Festival last January has been misrepresented in a TikTok video as a Davao City gathering of supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte. The 32-second reel posted on March 30 by user @ruditocadagjr shows a street packed with people with the overlaid text: Ganito ka solid ang tatak DU30(This is how solid DU30 is) we love you tatay Digong  The video’s caption said: Grabi nakaka panindig balahibo ang crowd ng DU30 solid supporters (The crowd of DU30...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/sinulog-video-misused-as-davao-city-rally-for-duterte</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0be0fca233cf6a05203344</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 04:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_4ca16a2e56f24ad6a5eea15132d50480~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duterte remains detained in The Hague]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former president Rodrigo Duterte remains in the custody of the International Criminal Court in The Hague even as a TikTok video used old footage to falsely claim he had returned to the Philippines.  The 30-second video posted by @joongkukofficial last March 30 passed off old clips to falsely report Duterte’s return from detention in The Hague. Its caption said:  Welcome back PRRD Rodrigo Roa Duterte A reverse image search of one clip leads to the March 11, 2025 Balitanghali report about...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/duterte-remains-detained-in-the-hague</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0bdaf2e8a70f90633fc99e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 03:38:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_450baff93d484b34b8be3a078e22f9aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor Day protest misrepresented as pro-Duterte march]]></title><description><![CDATA[A video of a May 1 Labor Day protest in Manila was falsely reposted on Facebook as footage of a supposed pro-Duterte rally. The video posted on May 9 by the account 쿠야삼 carried the caption “NAG MARTSA NA (“They have started marching”).” It used an “Inday Sara” campaign-style song as background music and overlaid images of former President Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Rodante Marcoleta, creating the impression that the march was a Duterte-related political...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/labor-day-protest-misrepresented-as-pro-duterte-march</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b28250b9e4f37fd2ccb24</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 15:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_b5365c38965e4a908413c1965e53ff2d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Altered thumbnail show Co in airport chase, prison uniform]]></title><description><![CDATA[A YouTube thumbnail falsely shows former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co being chased by police at Prague Airport in the Czech Republic and wearing a prison uniform, even though the video provides no evidence that he escaped, went missing or fled Czech custody. The thumbnail of the April 26 video posted by YouTube vlogger Sangkay Janjan claimed that Co was missing and suggested someone had helped him escape:  OMG! ZALDY CO NAWAWALA! MAY NAGPATAKAS (OMG! Zaldy Co is Missing! Did someone help him...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/altered-thumbnail-show-co-in-airport-chase-prison-uniform</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fe94434f7ebdc9f6abae7b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 02:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_b95e4da07a7b47638481f42d6dcfde8f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctored post links Caloocan mayor to Nokor leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Facebook user altered a post from Caloocan Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan’s official Facebook page by replacing its original video with an unrelated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his daughter and North Korean officials.  Malapitan’s original post, uploaded on April 20 at 11 a.m., carried a nine-minute video of the inauguration of Caloocan Connect, a local coworking space. The altered version was posted the same day at 9:50 p.m.  by user ジャルデレザ 猿 (Jarudereza Monkey) in the...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/doctored-post-links-caloocan-mayor-to-nokor-leader</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fbd7904f7ebdc9f6a40384</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:11:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_5a0e4f47c74a41d1bdec912d6b0dc875~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group photo of 6 envoys with Marcos altered]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Facebook page posted an altered photo falsely showing six nonresident ambassadors in a group photo with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Official photos and video from Malacañang show Marcos meeting the ambassadors separately during the presentation of their credentials. The ambassadors’ faces also look markedly different from those in the altered image. The altered photo was uploaded on April 15 by the Facebook page Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon with the caption: THE BEST PRESIDENT...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/group-photo-of-6-envoys-with-marcos-altered</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb30abf97c520375649d61</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:42:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_c385366285194c71a92b2bbd5be41ae1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI-generated image falsely shows VP Duterte backing BINI’s ‘college journey’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A viral image falsely shows Vice President Sara Duterte posing with BINI members wearing graduation sashes supposedly from the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas and supporting the P-Pop group’s purported “college journey.” Searches found no evidence that such an event took place.  A Google Gemini scan detected a SynthID watermark indicating that most or all of the image was generated or edited using Google AI. The image also contains visible errors including...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/ai-generated-image-falsely-shows-vp-duterte-backing-bini-s-college-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb0a838a769b9e6effbd91</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:40:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_44de451a3287477392577109a37550f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No SC order for Marcos to undergo drug test]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has not ordered President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to undergo a hair follicle drug test or submit a medical certificate.  Instead, it only directed Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and other Palace officials to comment within 10 days on a petition filed on April 10 by the United People’s Initiative (UNI) compelling Malacañang to disclose Marcos’ health condition and asking that he take the drug test. Political Outlook made the false claim in a Facebook post on April 14 featuring...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/no-sc-order-for-marcos-to-undergo-drug-test</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eee078306809d955e96511</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:08:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_a10bca9d97184b54b32e7a93c3a91cfc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atong Ang still alive, almost arrested in PH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wanted gambling operator Charlie “Atong” Ang was recently spotted in the Philippines, contrary to a viral YouTube claim that he died in Malaysia at age 68. The video also used an out-of-context clip of actress and former partner Sunshine Cruz and unrelated wake imagery to make the false claim appear credible.  The claim appears in an April 9 YouTube video from the Blind Item University channel, which has more than 232,000 subscribers. Titled “ ATONG ANG PUMANAW SA MALAYSIA SA EDAD 68...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/atong-ang-still-alive-almost-arrested-in-ph</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e841e3e30ec41b7d09eabb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_9c090492ac4844c8ba134a650866398a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil prices surged despite Marcos Sr.’s regulation policies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oil prices in the Philippines spiked from 1971 to 1984 — a period marked by two global oil crises — despite then-President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s oil regulation policies, contrary to Sen. Robin Padilla’s claim that the country did not experience such shocks during that period.]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/oil-prices-surged-despite-marcos-sr-s-regulation-policies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e781d4123d99511bfd0f5a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_e2ad972ddc6b4a058a4cc0227c3c235a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extradition photo misused in false claim Interpol arrested Co]]></title><description><![CDATA[A YouTube video has falsely reported that the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has arrested resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co, using an unrelated extradition photo to support its claim. The thumbnail in the Nov. 17 video  posted by YouTube channel Trending Pinas News actually shows officers escorting American citizen Gilbert Reyes toward a white vehicle but with the overlaid text alleging it was Co: Pinilit at tinakot nila akoKAKAPASOK LANG! ZALDY CO DAKIP NA NG...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/extradition-photo-misused-in-false-claim-interpol-arrested-co</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69300c084a313d7af55d81b6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:14:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_535224f8b69d4b819bda7759f0c1d084~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No free electricity program starting December]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are no official reports that electricity will be free for customers paying ₱20,000 electric bills or below starting December 2025.  Facebook page Pinoy Newswire, however, posted an AI-generated video on Nov. 27 at 9:23 p.m. of a synthetic female reporter claiming so: Libre na ang singil sa kuryente. Mga nagbabayad ng 20,000 pababa libre na ang kuryente niyo simula December. Mga lugar na kasama sa libreng kuryente makikita sa listahan sa post namin at comments section makikita. Mag-share...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/no-free-electricity-program-starting-december</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69300410644b95bce4b26018</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:35:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_2e6254e447d748a9b861b5f77e41b79e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake ‘Duterte not corrupt’ photo made with AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[A post featuring an elderly man in a rice field holding a sign praising “Duterte” as corruption-free uses an image generated with artificial intelligence. Facebook user Parayno Joseph posted  the digitally fabricated image on Nov. 26 with the caption: DUTERTE WALANG BAHID NG KORAPSYON  (Duterte has no trace of corruption) The overlay text reads: Nagsasabi Lang si Tatay ng [Totoo]... (He’s just telling the truth)  However, the post did not specify which Duterte it was referring to. Reverse...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/fake-duterte-not-corrupt-photo-made-with-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692ed466fe5b860323bb021b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_d847b4478d0b4f29876bc7f905dad881~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netizens fall for synthetic image of anti-China protest ]]></title><description><![CDATA[An AI-generated image circulating on Facebook has falsely shown a group of young people holding placards  opposing Chinese products and supporting Filipino businesses.  Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot, a known supporter of the Dutertes who has been pursuing Ph.D. studies in international relations in Beijing as a recipient of the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship, posted the photo  on Nov. 26 with the caption:  Meme Vice Ganda lagot cosmetics mo dito… (Meme Vice Ganda your cosmetics is in...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/netizens-fall-for-synthetic-image-of-anti-china-protest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692eb5d2beedf468e52c96cf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:54:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_82a9187646264dcd8f37faa8539f048a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI cooks up fake photo of Marcos kissing Castro]]></title><description><![CDATA[A viral image of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. purportedly kissing Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro is AI-generated. The fabricated photo was uploaded  on Facebook by DAN TOUR VLOGS last Nov. 18 with the caption: Kaya pala ngayun alam na natin bakit sobrang protected ne Ante CLAIRE se BBM #ctto  (Now we know why Claire is protecting [President Marcos] #ctto) The post omitted to say the picture was synthetic, leading netizens to speculate about the...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/ai-cooks-up-fake-photo-of-marcos-kissing-castro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692ead0e0170a6154301a4bc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:15:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_ede4bef1cae348ee88b09d2d96d31d95~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video of Nepal protest misrepresented as PH rally]]></title><description><![CDATA[A video of a political demonstration in Nepal from early September has been passed off as a rally in the Philippines timed with the religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo’s (INC) anticorruption protest.  The 20-second Facebook reel posted  by Bukas Ako Naman  on Nov. 16 shows a heavily crowded street with the overlaid text:  Milyon-Milyon Ito  Nov. 16, 2025 Its caption reads: Nov 16-18 2025 #Philippines Commenters mistook the video as footage from the INC’s Nov. 16 rally, which ran...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/video-of-nepal-protest-misrepresented-as-ph-rally</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691da8dff554707bcb42c13d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:27:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_e8d4ecebad5542f386fb639066193ba2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Synthetic video falsely shows school flooding during ‘Tino’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A viral TikTok video has falsely portrayed students and teachers clinging to chairs as floodwater above the knee ravaged a classroom supposedly during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino” (Kalmaegi), a scene that AI indicators and detection tools suggest was artificially generated.  TikTok user @worlddisasterupdate posted the video  on Nov. 6 at 10:55 p.m., several hours after Tino left the Philippine area of responsibility, claiming:  Philippines Flood Disaster: School Flooded in Seconds!  Real...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/synthetic-video-falsely-shows-school-flooding-during-tino</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691c3418b059ba28aed4cb2b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:59:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_af9e03bc985941de998c5a99a1c6e675~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deepfake video shows Zaldy Co  singled out in flood control scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[A deepfake video used AI-generated audio to portray resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co as purportedly claiming he was made the fall guy in the flood control probe and accusing higher officials of avoiding accountability. Among the earliest uploads traced by FactRakers was on YouTube  Shorts by JooTV on Nov. 3, which contained the fabricated lines: Ang ipinagtataka ko lang, bakit ako lang ang kinasuhan? Alam naman nila na hindi ako nag-iisa sa mga proyektong ‘yan. May mga mas mataas...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/deepfake-video-shows-zaldy-co-singled-out-in-flood-control-scandal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691ac0b180f146b984e01573</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_95d46bb95d0643bca9571ecd1fb2d32b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil street scene misused as typhoon ‘Tino’ deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[A photo showing covered bodies lined up on a narrow street in Brazil has been misrepresented as evidence of the death toll caused by typhoon “Tino” (Kalmaegi). Facebook user Mga ka Bossing posted on Nov. 6 the photo taken during an Oct. 29 police operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro with the misleading caption:  Ang daming patay dahil sa bagyong Tino Mga ka Bossing   (So many people have died because of typhoon Tino, everyone ) A reverse image search showed the photo was shot...]]></description><link>https://www.factrakers.org/post/brazil-street-scene-misused-as-typhoon-tino-deaths</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691ab8d3560695af7d3009e5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:58:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3ab3b0_c4703dccc17d42ae8edede29f4ed542e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>FactRakers</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>