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

A Facebook user has misrepresented a photo of Land Transportation Office (LTO) enforcers apprehending an unregistered car to falsely claim that old vehicles are now banned from expressways. The photo showing a red Honda Civic car with its hood open as several traffic enforcers inspect it on the side of a road was originally  posted at 8:08 a.m. on Nov. 1 on the LTO’s official Facebook page. The post said the car was seized and impounded for being unregistered and having an un

A Facebook reel posted by a local radio station purportedly showing the landfall of typhoon “Tino” (international name Kalmaegi) in the Visayas is actually a video of a tornado that struck Spain in late October. The manipulated 17-second video  was uploaded on Nov. 4 by Bombo Radyo Gensan to its Facebook page with the caption: TIGNAN | Malakas na paghagupit ni bagyong Tino sa Visayas  (LOOK | Typhoon Tino strongly devastates Visayas). It was also accompanied by a voiceover cl

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not recorded any imminent threat of war or attempt at Mindanao secession under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., contrary to a claim made by Cavite 4th District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga. In a Nov. 6 email to FactRakers, the AFP’s Public Affairs Office (PAO) said as of October 2025, it has not recorded any secession attempts or the “formation of any group pursuing a secessionist objective.” Barzaga, in an Oct. 4 speech calling f