“AI and disinformation fuel political tensions in the Philippines”, July 15, 2025

When former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in March, Sheerah Escudero spoke to a local television station, welcoming the politician’s detention…

Days later, she was shocked to find an AI-generated video of her slain brother circulating on Facebook, in which he said he was alive and accused his sister of lying…

The same kind of harassment has been levelled at other vocal drug war victims, especially those under the group Rise Up, who actively campaigned for the ICC’s intervention.

Duterte’s arrest… came amid a bitter power struggle… Ferdinand Marcos Jr…

Both the Marcos Jr and Duterte clans have been known to deploy disinformation tactics…

Tsek.ph tracked the increasing use of AI in disinformation before the mid-term elections...

The latest OpenAI Safety Report revealed that Comm&Sense, a Manila-based tech firm, used AI for a campaign using thousands of pro‑Marcos Jr and anti‑Duterte comments across Facebook and TikTok…