Lucille Sodipe

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lucille Sodipe

Weeks after former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was transferred to the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC), his supporters shared a clip falsely claiming it shows a news report that he had been released. The video is from 2022, and the 80-year-old ex-leader remains detained in The Hague. "Rodrigo Roa Duterte arrived today from the Netherlands," reads Tagalog-language text overlaid on an April 2 Facebook reel.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lucille Sodipe

After Rodrigo Duterte was brought to face a crimes against humanity charge at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a fabricated news article claiming Russia was "refusing peace talks" with Ukraine because of the former Philippine president's detention circulated on Facebook. Its supposed author told AFP she did not write the article and the purported news report -- illustrated with an AI-generated image -- contains several factual inaccuracies.

3 weeks ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Lucille Sodipe

Lucille SODIPE / AFP Philippines1 April 2025 at 2:21 am·2-min readAfter a massive earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, social media posts shared fabricated footage of wrecked infrastructure falsely claiming it shows the aftermath of the tremors. The clip was traced to an account that uploads AI-generated videos. An expert said the "inconsistency" of different movements seen in the clip is a telltale sign that it was created with AI.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lucille Sodipe

After a massive earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, social media posts shared fabricated footage of wrecked infrastructure falsely claiming it shows the aftermath of the tremors. The clip was traced to an account that uploads AI-generated videos. An expert said the "inconsistency" of different movements seen in the clip is a telltale sign that it was created with AI. A video showing damaged roads, buildings and a fire was shared on Facebook on March 29.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lucille Sodipe

After Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and sent to the Netherlands to face a crimes against humanity charge, a screenshot of a TV report surfaced alongside the anchor's purported remarks defending the former president. But veteran broadcaster Noli De Castro, who branded the claims "fake", issued no such comments in the original news segment.