Days after the Philippines’ raucous election campaign season kicked off in February 2022, a video showing a packed arena circulated in TikTok and Facebook posts claiming it showed a rally for presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In reality, the video shows a corporate event in 2019. The company told AFP it was unrelated to Marcos Jr’s campaign.
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