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FACT-CHECK: Facebook reel of supposed US-Iran war footage taken from video game clip, AI-generated
A Facebook reel using AI-generated videos and clips taken from a video game advertisement has gone viral online after falsely portraying a supposed United States missile strike on Iran amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
FACT-CHECK: Video of Filipino fishermen being attacked in West Philippine Sea is AI-generated
An AI-generated Facebook Reel falsely showing Filipino fishermen videotaping themselves while evading water cannon barrages from a Chinese coast guard vessel in the West Philippine Sea circulated online in late April.
Forgotten History
“The Human Zoo.” That was how the encampment would later be called.
FACT-CHECK: Facebook reel of supposed US-Iran war footage taken from video game clip, AI-generated
A Facebook reel using AI-generated videos and clips taken from a video game advertisement has gone viral online after falsely portraying a supposed United States missile strike on Iran amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
FACT-CHECK: Video of Filipino fishermen being attacked in West Philippine Sea is AI-generated
An AI-generated Facebook Reel falsely showing Filipino fishermen videotaping themselves while evading water cannon barrages from a Chinese coast guard vessel in the West Philippine Sea circulated online in late April.
FACT-CHECK: AI-generated video falsely shows construction of ‘high-tech’ 911 call center in Davao City
A Facebook user posted an AI-generated video falsely depicting the construction of a high-tech Davao City Central 911 call center facility in the heart of the city, with many commenters appearing to believe that the footage was real.
FACT-CHECK: TikTok video of Atty. Poa with facial injuries is AI-generated
An AI-generated TikTok video surfaced on May 6, maliciously showing vice president Sara Duterte’s defense team’s spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa with facial injuries.
FACT-CHECK: Sandro Marcos did not say only the Marcoses were not corrupt
A Facebook post that circulated online in April falsely attributed a manufactured quote to Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos III, claiming he said that only the Marcos family was “not corrupt.”
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Forgotten History
“The Human Zoo.” That was how the encampment would later be called.
Corruption: The banality of evil or radical evil
Whether this corruption is banality of evil or radical evil, it is still evil which must be confronted.
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