FACT CHECK: Duterte’s monument photo is AI-generated

Claim: A photo shows a monument of detained former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, which some believe made his joke about having a statue beside Jose Rizal’s come true.

Rating: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: The TikTok video containing the claim has 1 million views, 74,600 likes, 1,197 shares, and 1,020 comments as of writing.

Text in the video states: “Joke ni Tatay Digong, nagkatotoo” (What was Father Digong’s mere joke has come true).

The video...