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Claim: Photos show various groups of people holding banners to express their support for the senatorial slate endorsed by former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook page, “Duterte Fans Club,” with 134,000 followers and 23,000 likes, posted a series of photos depicting people holding banners bearing the text, “Solid Duterte senators kami (We are solid supporters of Duterte’s senators).”
The post, published on February 22, has received 5,400 reactions, 1,200 shares, and 914 comments as of writing. These photos continue to circulate online.
The facts: The images are not real. All ten photos feature a small watermark of Grok, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot launched in 2023 by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, located in the lower right corner of the photos.
This chatbot, accessible through its website and X (formerly Twitter), can generate images based on text prompts.
Sightengine, an AI detector, indicates that the photos are likely AI-generated, with probabilities ranging from 87% to 99%. Hive Moderation also flagged eight out of the 10 photos as AI-generated. The other two images received a probability score of less than 50%.
Senatorial elections: The misleading post comes as the campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections kicked off on February 11.
Duterte, who intends to return as Davao City mayor, led the proclamation rally of his senatorial candidates on February 13 in San Juan City. In his speech, he attacked his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and joked about “killing” 15 incumbent senators to make room for his candidates. (READ: Rice, jobs, safety: Rodrigo Duterte returns to national stage, blasts Marcos for ‘falling short’)
Duterte’s candidates are up against the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas slate, composed of reelectionists, aspiring returnees, and candidates from political clans.
These political developments come with the fracturing of the “UniTeam” alliance between the Marcoses and Dutertes. In October 2024, Vice President Sara Duterte claimed that Marcos only used her to secure his 2022 election victory against former Vice President Leni Robredo.
Fabricated: Rappler has previously fact-checked posts in which shows of support for the Dutertes were fabricated using photos or videos of other events. – Lyndee Buenagua/Rappler.com
Lyndee Buenagua is a third year student journalist and an alumna of Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship of Rappler for 2024.
Keep us aware of suspicious Facebook pages, groups, accounts, websites, articles, or photos in your network by contacting us at factcheck@rappler.com. Let us battle disinformation one Fact Check at a time.
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