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Claim: Journalist Karen Davila reported about a cure for hypertension allegedly developed by physician and online content creator Dr. Alvin Francisco, known as Doc Alvin on social media.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post containing the claim has 313,000 views, 2,400 reactions, 154 comments, and 404 shares as of writing. It was posted by the Facebook page “Mga Balita at Kaganapan sa Pilipinas,” which has 3,800 followers.
In the video, Davila and Francisco discuss an alleged cure for managing hypertension.
The facts: The video containing the claim is fake and is AI-manipulated. Web-based deepfake detection tool Sensity flagged the video as “suspicious” with a 65.0% confidence level and detected face manipulation in the video.
“High confidence indicates clear signs of AI manipulation, with at least 50% certainty,” Sensity noted.
No relation: The misleading video used clips of Davila taken from her interview with television host Bianca Gonzalez for the show BRGY. In the September 2, 2024, video, Davila talked about her career as a journalist and her advocacies. Nowhere did she mention any supposed hypertension cure.
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Fact-checked: Rappler previously fact-checked a similar video with the same narrative. On October 7, Rappler debunked an AI-manipulated video of broadcast journalist Jessica Soho and Francisco, where they supposedly discussed a new hypertension cure purportedly developed by the online content creator.
Similar claims: Rappler has repeatedly fact-checked misleading videos that use AI to falsely imply the endorsement of various celebrities and public figures, typically to promote supposed health products. Both Davila and Francisco were previously targeted in AI-manipulated ads:
- FACT CHECK: Former adviser of task force vs COVID-19 did not develop hypertension cure
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- FACT CHECK: Rejuvenating serum ad uses manipulated videos of celebrities
– Ailla dela Cruz/Rappler.com
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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