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 c

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 ab

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 r

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

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

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 th