A viral Facebook account showing an EDSA Pasay to Taft Manila passenger bus bearing a “Justice for Rene” bus design as tribute to the late Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball player Rene Baterbonia was made or edited using Google artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Google's SynthID Detector found a digital watermark in the 20-second reel, identifying the media as made or edited using Google AI. A separate check using Gemini also identified the video's visuals as AI generated or ed

A Facebook reel depicting Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte asking whether people would support his candidacy in the 2028 elections contains digital watermarks identifying both its audio and visuals as generated or edited using a Google artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The 10-second reel was uploaded Oct. 8 by a Facebook account bearing the name Roderick Reputana Rizaldo with the caption “Go go na sa 2028 (Go ahead and run in 2028)” on the post and the text “Yes m

An edited video circulating on social media makes it appear that British actor Tom Holland imitated the late Ateneo basketball player Rene Baterbonia. The original footage shows the British actor recreating a meme featuring his Spider-Man co-star Jacob Batalon. An X account, @NandoDura89, posted the edited video on Oct. 2 with the caption: I’m boycotting Avengers: Doomsday. Hindi niyo man lang RENErespito ang namayapa na (You didn't even respect the late RENE) The edited vid

A promotional video filmed at a fire truck manufacturer’s facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has been falsely presented on Facebook as showing a Davao City fire truck. The misleading video was posted on Oct. 5 by the Facebook page named Rose ofw news channel and carried the overlaid text “nice Davao city” and “DAVAO FIRETRUCK VS BBM FIRETRUCKS.” The post compared the supposed Davao City fire truck with the three-wheeled firefighting vehicles dubbed “fire tricycles” amid

Vaccines do not cause many of the diseases and conditions attributed to them in an old antivaccine graphic circulating again on Facebook, although some vaccines have been linked to rare serious side effects. Vaccination also prevents diseases that can cause severe illness, disability and death. Online influencer Maharajah Isa reposted the “Wheel of Vaccine Misfortune” on Facebook on Sept. 5 with the clickbaity caption: Paki-tag ng mga gusto sumali sa contest (Tag someone who

A quote card circulating on social media since at least August falsely attributes to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso a statement calling senators “criminals” and accusing them of teaming up to acquit themselves of legal charges. His office said he never made the statement. One of the earlier versions FactRakers found was posted in an Aug. 21 Facebook reel by Mr. Win Luzero Vizarra and received about 1,900 reactions, 135 comments and 184 shares. It was later sha