“Imee Marcos hugged and kissed Nicholas Kaufman, lawyer of former president Rodrigo Duterte, at The Hague.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 May 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFake
What Vera Files found
The video merged two official photos and edited with artificial intelligence to make it appear Marcos and Kaufman were hugging and kissing.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 May 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 3 June 2025, 5 days later. Its rating was “Fake”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/3009161062579382
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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