Several images showing thousands of people purportedly supporting the so-called “Duterte senators” are circulating on Facebook (FB). These are fake and were created through artificial intelligence (AI).
On Feb. 22, an FB page posted 10 photos featuring a banner with the text, “Solid Duterte Senators kami,” referring to the senatorial candidates for the 2025 midterm elections under the Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban), chaired by former president Rodrigo Duterte.
The erroneous post bore the caption:
“Solid Du30 Senators. Solid TEAM SUKA Kami! (We are Solid TEAM SUKA) Reclaim this republic! Du30 Tidal Waves of Votes coming soon!”
VERA Files Fact Check ran the photos through the AI-detector tool Hive Moderation. The results show that all but one photo has a 60% to 99% likelihood of being AI-generated.
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