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A circulating Facebook (FB) reel depicting Sen. Imee Marcos hugging and kissing Nicholas Kaufman, counsel for former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC), has drawn one million views. The video is fake.

The video uploaded on May 29 featured two clips of Marcos with Kaufman. The first clip showed the two hugging, while the second clip featured them kissing. The reel was overlaid with the text:

“From The Hague With Love”

The videos merged two official photos and animated them to make it seem as if Marcos and Kaufman were hugging and kissing.

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