FACT CHECK: Ad uses deepfake video of Doc Willie Ong to promote voice and throat supplement

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FACT CHECK: Ad uses deepfake video of Doc Willie Ong to promote voice and throat supplement
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Ong has clarified in the past that the only product he and his wife are endorsing is a nutritional milk for seniors

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The video shows Doc Willie Ong, an internist and cardiologist known for providing medical advice through his vlogs, purportedly promoting the product. It also used videos and photo slides of singer Gigi de Lana who had been diagnosed with having throat nodules in 2023. A photo of Doc Willie Ong and his wife were also used in the actual website of the product supposedly promoting the supplement.

Established in 2018, Sensity specializes in the detection of “deepfakes and various other forms of malicious visual media.”and their impact on singer-celebrities such as Gigi de Lana. However, Ong did not mention nor endorse any specific product, including the Voice and Throat Enhancer, in his YouTube vlog.

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