Deepfake detection tool Sensity confirmed with 98% confidence that the video was altered using face-swapping technology

Claim: A GMA News report shows cardiologist and online health personality Dr. Willie Ong endorsing a hypertension cure.

Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim has gained over 211,100 views, 5,700 reactions, 270 comments, and 846 shares as of writing.

It appears to show 24 Oras anchor Mel Tiangco reporting on Ong’s alleged discovery of a hypertension cure and pharmaceutical companies’ supposed concealment of the remedy.

The post further claims that at least 34,792 Filipinos have been cured using this medicine, with Ong supposedly saying that it can eliminate hypertension within 20 to 30 hours.

According to deepfake detector tool TrueMedia.org, the video has ‘substantial evidence’ of audio and face manipulation

Dr. Anthony Leachon told Rappler that the fight against disinformation must be continued in the face of rising dangers of content made with artificial intelligence

The ad manipulated a clip from a GMA News report and a two-year-old TikTok video by Dr. Vicky Belo about hair maintenance

The post also includes a link to purchase the alleged cure.

The facts: The video of Ong and Tiangco was manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI).

Deepfake detection tool Sensity confirmed with 98% confidence — above the 50% detection threshold — that the video was altered using face-swapping technology.

A closer look at the altered video also shows that the mouth movements of Ong and Tiangco appear unnatural.