FactRakers

14/12/2025

🚨 VIRAL PROTEST? CHECK THE MAP
That “millions in the PH” rally video isn’t from the Philippines at all — it’s from Nepal.
And the crowd? Hundreds of thousands, not millions.
Spot the clues. Verify before you share.

13/12/2025

📌CLAIM VS RECORD
Vice President Sara Duterte said her father never threatened witnesses during the drug war.
The public record tells a different story — from documented threats to findings cited by international bodies.

12/12/2025

⚡ FREE ELECTRICITY HOAX

A viral “₱20,000 bill = free electricity” clip is AI-generated — with misspellings, filters and bogus links. No such program exists.

10/12/2025

🚫💋 FAKE KISS ALERT!
An AI-generated image claiming to show President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. kissing PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro is circulating online, but the scene never happened. Don’t fall for synthetic chismis.

03/12/2025

SEARCH FOR ZALDY (CO)NTINUES

A YouTube thumbnail falsely claims that Interpol has nabbed former House lawmaker Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co, misusing a photo of an American citizen being extradited last year from the Dominican Republic to Honduras.

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...

03/12/2025

NO FREE ELECTRICITY STARTING DECEMBER
A Facebook post falsely claims free electricity starting this December for customers who pay ₱20,000 or below. The video is AI-generated, made to look like a legitimate news program with links that redirect to an online shopping site.

There are no official reports that electricity will be free for customers paying ₱20,000 electric bills or below starting December 2025. 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 kur...

02/12/2025

A photo of an elderly man praising Duterte as free of corruption was generated with AI.

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 ...

02/12/2025

ANTI-CHINA PROTEST MADE WITH AI

Some netizens were misled by a synthetic image of an anti-China protest shared by pro-Duterte blogger Sass Rogando Sasot.

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 Beiji...

02/12/2025

NOT A LOVE STORY 💔

A viral image of President Marcos Ferdinand Marcos Jr. allegedly kissing PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro is AI-generated – not a real moment.

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....

19/11/2025

NEPAL PROTEST MISCAST AS PH RALLY

A video of a protest in Nepal is being misrepresented as footage from a Philippine rally timed with Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Nov. 16 anticorruption rally.

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...

18/11/2025

FLOODED CLASSROOM VIDEO? IT’S AI

A viral AI-generated video on Tiktok, reshared on Facebook, falsely showed knee-high flood inside a classroom after Typhoon “Tino” struck. FactRakers used AI indicators and detection tools to confirm it was synthetic.

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 ...

17/11/2025

ZALDY CO DEEPFAKE VIDEO

An altered video used AI-generated audio to show resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co purportedly saying he was being singled out in the flood control corruption scandal. It was posted about 10 days before his video appeared on his official page.

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.The earliest upload traced by FactRakers was first posted on YouTub...