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Incident 1129: Purported AI-Generated Video Depicting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Using Drugs Shared by Rodrigo Duterte Supporters and Amplified by China-Linked Spamouflage

Description: A purported deepfake video depicting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. using drugs was released by Rodrigo Duterte ally Claire "Maharlika" Contreras at a Maisug rally in Los Angeles. The clip was reportedly timed to discredit Marcos ahead of his State of the Nation Address. Philippine authorities reportedly confirmed it was fake. The video was allegedly amplified by China's Spamouflage network via coordinated inauthentic accounts on X and YouTube.
Editor Notes: Timeline note: This reported incident is dated 07/21/2024; it reportedly went viral 07/22/2024. It was ingested in the AIID on 07/03/2025. See also Incident 676.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Claire Contreras , Spamouflage , Government of China and Rodrigo Duterte supporters, which harmed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. , Government of the Philippines , General public of the Philippines , Epistemic integrity and Philippines-China relations.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology , Social media , X (Twitter) and YouTube

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1129
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-07-21
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident Occurrence‘Malicious’: Philippine officials slam deepfake video of Marcos Jnr allegedly doing drugs
‘Malicious’: Philippine officials slam deepfake video of Marcos Jnr allegedly doing drugs

‘Malicious’: Philippine officials slam deepfake video of Marcos Jnr allegedly doing drugs

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‘Malicious’: Philippine officials slam deepfake video of Marcos Jnr allegedly doing drugs
scmp.com · 2024

A viral video allegedly showing Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr doing drugs has caused serious concern among government officials, who called it a "maliciously crude attempt" to undermine his government.

Analysts warn that the dee…

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