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 (Th

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 r

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 po

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 someo

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 (Jaruderez

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 PRESIDEN