AI-generated foreigner in FB reel endorses Quiboloy

An AI-generated video posted on Facebook features a digitally created foreign-looking avatar endorsing detained religious leader and senatorial candidate Apollo Quiboloy who is running under the PDP Laban party led by former president Rodrigo Duterte. The person in the video is not real.

Altered screenshots misrepresent Quimbo’s Easter message

Screenshots from Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo’s recorded public address on Easter Sunday have been digitally altered to show misleading quotes suggesting she was rushing her electoral campaign against rival mayoral candidate Rep. Marjorie Ann “Maan” Teodoro and setting self-serving conditions for a proposed electoral debate.

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AI-aided red-tagging on the rise

At least two Facebook pages created this year have joined a network of social media accounts that routinely red-tag members of the left-leaning Makabayan bloc—employing deepfakes and other AI-driven tactics alongside well-established disinformation techniques.

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