AI Fakery? Viral “Student Interview” Defending VP Sara Duterte Slammed for Manufacturing Sympathy

MANILA, Philippines — A synthetic video making the rounds on social media is drawing outrage after it was revealed to be entirely AI-generated — despite appearing to show students defending Vice President Sara Duterte from her looming impeachment.

The video, styled like a typical “campus interview,” features lifelike digital personas voicing political opinions such as:

“You say you want justice, but your justice is selective.”
“Lahat may confidential funds — bakit si VP lang ang sinisingle out?”

The catch? None of the people in the video exist.

What appeared at first glance to be a spontaneous, grassroots youth voice has now been exposed as a digitally scripted, AI-powered narrative — raising serious concerns about manufactured sympathy, manipulated public discourse, and the ethical use of AI in politics.

Experts and netizens alike are calling the video dangerous, warning that it sets a disturbing precedent:

Using fake people to simulate real outrage is digital deception — and it undermines democracy.