After Philippine House prosecutors said Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial complies with the constitution, her allies shared a video purportedly showing street interviews of students criticizing the proceedings. The clip — spread on Facebook and TikTok and viewed millions of times — shows signs it was made with AI.
The video — published on June 14, 2025 on TikTok — appears to show three students criticizing the vice president’s impeachment during street interviews.
They can be heard saying in Tagalog that the attempt to remove her from office is “politically motivated” and “singling out the vice president”.
It has been viewed over 590,000 times and has spread elsewhere on the platform.
Senator Ronald Dela Rosa — who served as the Philippines’ police chief under former president Rodrigo Duterte — and Davao City’s incoming vice mayor and Sara Duterte’s brother, Sebastian Duterte, also shared the clip, saying it shows she has the youth’s support.
The House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 11 certifying that the impeachment trial against the vice president complied with the constitution, after days of wrangling in the Senate that had raised fears the trial process was headed for derailment (archived link).
The House impeached her in early February on charges of graft, corruption and an alleged assassination plot against one-time ally and former running mate President Ferdinand Marcos.
The Philippines’ 24 senators will serve as jurors and decide whether she should be removed from office.
But the interviews show signs they were made with AI.
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