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An image shared across Facebook and Twitter appears to show Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo manning a seafood stand at a wet market. The image — shared after Robredo launched her presidential bid for 2022 — prompted accusations from some social media users that she staged the stunt in order to “court votes”. But the image has been digitally altered; Robredo’s head has been inserted on the body of a Filipino seafood stallholder originally pictured by a Philippine broadcaster in 2019.

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