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Claim: A GMA News report shows cardiologist and online health personality Dr. Willie Ong endorsing a hypertension cure.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim has gained over 211,100 views, 5,700 reactions, 270 comments, and 846 shares as of writing.
It appears to show 24 Oras anchor Mel Tiangco reporting on Ong’s alleged discovery of a hypertension cure and pharmaceutical companies’ supposed concealment of the remedy.
The post further claims that at least 34,792 Filipinos have been cured using this medicine, with Ong supposedly saying that it can eliminate hypertension within 20 to 30 hours.
The post also includes a link to purchase the alleged cure.
The facts: The video of Ong and Tiangco was manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI).
Deepfake detection tool Sensity confirmed with 98% confidence — above the 50% detection threshold — that the video was altered using face-swapping technology.
A closer look at the altered video also shows that the mouth movements of Ong and Tiangco appear unnatural.
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Target of health scams: Rappler has published several fact-checks related to Ong. Many of the false claims imply his supposed endorsement of various health products, with the misleading ads using AI to manipulate videos taken from the doctor’s official social media channels.
- FACT CHECK: Manipulated video cites Willie Ong ‘endorsement’ for hypertension ‘cure’
- FACT CHECK: Eyes Blue neither endorsed by Doc Willie Ong nor approved by FDA
- FACT CHECK: Ad uses deepfake video of Doc Willie Ong to promote voice and throat supplement
- FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong’s hypertension video ad is AI-manipulated
- FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong doesn’t endorse Ayurma Healing Oil
- FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong doesn’t endorse Nasure Colostrum Milk
- FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong doesn’t endorse Lung Gold Milk
- FACT CHECK: Barley Grass Powder ad uses altered photo of Doc Willie Ong
- FACT CHECK: Fake ads for hair growth product use Doc Willie Ong’s videos
- FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong ad promoting whitening toothpaste is fake
- FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong’s name, videos used in fake ads for Glufarelin
– James Patrick Cruz/Rappler.com
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