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AFP
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- AFP
Posts misrepresent unrelated videos as 'Rodrigo Duterte's release' from ICC detention
The video apparently showing crowds welcoming the arrested ex-president at the Manila international airport was shared on Facebook on May 16. "Just in, Father Digong has returned to the country. Welcome home, Father Digong," claims the Tagalog-language caption. Overlaid text on the video reads, "Manila Airport Chaos". A woman at the beginning of the video tells the camera: "I wonder what's going on because there are a ton of people here, even on the top floor, it's like they're all waiting for some kind of celebrity." Image Screenshot of the false post, taken on May 23, 2025 Several other Facebook users posted the video after Duterte regained the mayorship of family stronghold Davao city despite being detained at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague since March 11 to face a crimes against humanity charge linked to his drug war that killed thousands (archived links here and here). However, there are no official records on the ICC website granting Duterte's interim release as of May 26, 2025 (archived link). The circulating video contains footage from two separate occasions, both predating Duterte's detention at The Hague. Reverse image searches of the first section of the video using keyframes led to a Facebook post by a page called Mom Duty on April 23, 2025 (archived link). The video circulating in the false posts misuses the first 17-seconds of the clip, cutting off before the woman approaches an information counter and finds out the crowds were gathering to catch a glimpse of Korean actor Lee Minho. The latter half of the video contains various clips of Lee walking through the airport. Image Screenshot comparison of the false video (L) and the video from Facebook page Mom Duty The user behind the page -- who identified herself as Rocio Ocampo -- confirmed filming the video on October 16, 2023 as part of her family's YouTube travel vlog (archived link). "We're a family of travel vloggers, and on October 16, 2023, we were traveling to South Korea to celebrate our twins' birthday," she told AFP. "As part of our vlog, we documented our journey starting at Manila International Airport, where we happened to see Lee Minho". "Our content has been reshared and reposted by others thousands of times, often without proper context or credit, which may have contributed to the confusion," Ocampo said. AFP found the user's video corresponded to similar clips of the actor at the Manila-based airport shared on that day (archived links here and here). February campaign event The second part of the circulating video shows Duterte, clad in a red shirt and a brown jacket, greeting supporters as he walks towards an event stage. Reverse image searches on Google led to the same video on TikTok shared on March 1, 2025, more than a week before Duterte's arrest (archived link). Image Screenshot of the false video (L) and the March 1 TikTok video Subsequent keyword searches found the footage of Duterte matched a YouTube video of his local political party's campaign event called "Hugpong Youth Summit" uploaded on March 6, 2025 (archived link). He can be seen wearing the same outfit inside an identical venue to the one seen in the TikTok video. The event, held on February 28 in Duterte's bailiwick Davao city, was part of his political party's mid-term election campaign (archived link).
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Video shows Duterte in 2022, not 'returning from ICC detention'
"Father Digong has returned home," reads Tagalog-language text on a TikTok video, using a nickname for Duterte, that was posted on March 16, 2025. The video, which was viewed over 68,000 times, shows TV news footage about Duterte arriving in his home city of Davao in the southern Philippines. The reporter says: "According to the former president, he is happy because he can properly rest and can freely do whatever he wants as a private citizen." It was shared after the ICC held an initial hearing on March 14 to inform Duterte of the crimes he is alleged to have committed, as well as his rights as a defendant (archived link). The former president is facing a charge of crimes against humanity for murder over his crackdown on narcotics that rights advocates say killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. The court set a date of September 23 for the next stage of the process: a hearing to confirm the charges. Similar posts were shared elsewhere on TikTok. "Welcome home, Mr President," read a comment on one of the posts, while another said: "That was fast. Didn't they say Duterte will take six months before he can return to the Philippines?" But Duterte has not been released from ICC custody. Reports from Philippine broadcaster GMA News and the Daily Tribune quoted Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, as saying she saw him for an hour after the March 14 hearing (archived here and here). Neither report says the former president was being released. Moreover, in an interview with AFP on March 30, Duterte's lead lawyer Nicholas Kaufman said he was visiting the former president virtually every day in the ICC detention centre (archived link). Keyword searches on Google of the news chyron visible in the falsely shared video led to a July 1, 2022 report from local broadcaster One PH (archived link). "The people of Davao welcomed former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrival," reads the Tagalog-language title of the report, which was posted on Facebook. One PH also included the report at the 41:26-mark of the YouTube livestream of its daily newscast One Balita Pilipinas (archived link). The circulating news report was published a day after Ferdinand Marcos took his oath as Philippine president, succeeding the hugely popular Duterte (archived link). Social media has been flooded with misinformation since Duterte's arrest and transfer to the ICC on March 11, many of the posts have been debunked by AFP here.
AFP
01-04-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Video shows Duterte in 2022, not 'returning from ICC detention'
"Father Digong has returned home," reads Tagalog-language text on a TikTok video, using a nickname for Duterte, that was posted on March 16, 2025. The video, which was viewed over 68,000 times, shows TV news footage about Duterte arriving in his home city of Davao in the southern Philippines. The reporter says: "According to the former president, he is happy because he can properly rest and can freely do whatever he wants as a private citizen." It was shared after the ICC held an initial hearing on March 14 to inform Duterte of the crimes he is alleged to have committed, as well as his rights as a defendant (archived link). The former president is facing a charge of crimes against humanity for murder over his crackdown on narcotics that rights advocates say killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. The court set a date of September 23 for the next stage of the process: a hearing to confirm the charges. Image Screenshot of the false TikTok post, captured on March 31, 2025 Similar posts were shared elsewhere on TikTok. "Welcome home, Mr President," read a comment on one of the posts, while another said: "That was fast. Didn't they say Duterte will take six months before he can return to the Philippines?" But Duterte has not been released from ICC custody. Reports from Philippine broadcaster GMA News and the Daily Tribune quoted Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, as saying she saw him for an hour after the March 14 hearing (archived here and here). Neither report says the former president was being released. Moreover, in an interview with AFP on March 30, Duterte's lead lawyer Nicholas Kaufman said he was visiting the former president virtually every day in the ICC detention centre (archived link). Old news report Keyword searches on Google of the news chyron visible in the falsely shared video led to a July 1, 2022 report from local broadcaster One PH (archived link). "The people of Davao welcomed former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrival," reads the Tagalog-language title of the report, which was posted on Facebook. One PH also included the report at the 41:26-mark of the YouTube livestream of its daily newscast One Balita Pilipinas (archived link). Image Screenshot comparison of the falsely shared video (left) and the 2022 news report (right) The circulating news report was published a day after Ferdinand Marcos took his oath as Philippine president, succeeding the hugely popular Duterte (archived link). Social media has been flooded with misinformation since Duterte's arrest and transfer to the ICC on March 11, many of the posts have been debunked by AFP here.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Video shows Duterte in 2022, not 'returning from ICC detention'
"Father Digong has returned home," reads Tagalog-language text on a TikTok video, using a nickname for Duterte, that was posted on March 16, 2025. The video, which was viewed over 68,000 times, shows TV news footage about Duterte arriving in his home city of Davao in the southern Philippines. The reporter says: "According to the former president, he is happy because he can properly rest and can freely do whatever he wants as a private citizen." It was shared after the ICC held an initial hearing on March 14 to inform Duterte of the crimes he is alleged to have committed, as well as his rights as a defendant (archived link). The former president is facing a charge of crimes against humanity for murder over his crackdown on narcotics that rights advocates say killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. The court set a date of September 23 for the next stage of the process: a hearing to confirm the charges. Similar posts were shared elsewhere on TikTok. "Welcome home, Mr President," read a comment on one of the posts, while another said: "That was fast. Didn't they say Duterte will take six months before he can return to the Philippines?" But Duterte has not been released from ICC custody. Reports from Philippine broadcaster GMA News and the Daily Tribune quoted Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, as saying she saw him for an hour after the March 14 hearing (archived here and here). Neither report says the former president was being released. Moreover, in an interview with AFP on March 30, Duterte's lead lawyer Nicholas Kaufman said he was visiting the former president virtually every day in the ICC detention centre (archived link). Keyword searches on Google of the news chyron visible in the falsely shared video led to a July 1, 2022 report from local broadcaster One PH (archived link). "The people of Davao welcomed former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrival," reads the Tagalog-language title of the report, which was posted on Facebook. One PH also included the report at the 41:26-mark of the YouTube livestream of its daily newscast One Balita Pilipinas (archived link). The circulating news report was published a day after Ferdinand Marcos took his oath as Philippine president, succeeding the hugely popular Duterte (archived link). Social media has been flooded with misinformation since Duterte's arrest and transfer to the ICC on March 11, many of the posts have been debunked by AFP here.
