National Bureau of Investigation Director Jaime Santiago says the video showed on Maisug rally was circulated by disgruntled people underestimating the intelligence of the Filipino people. 黑料社 / Tetch Torres-Tupas
MANILA, Philippines聽鈥� 鈥淒efinitely not the President,鈥� Justice Undersecretary Jesse Hermogenes Andres said Tuesday, referring to the man from the so-called 鈥減olvoron video.鈥�
The video was purportedly that of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. allegedly using illegal drugs. It was played during a Maisug rally abroad in time for the President鈥檚 State of the Nation Address (Sona).
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) Cybercrimes Offices examined the video and made consistent findings.
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NBI Cybercrime Division Chief Jeremy Lotoc said they conducted a 鈥渟ort of鈥� open AI process.
NBI鈥檚 Cybercrime Division Chief Jeremy Lotoc explains their findings after analyzing the video allegedly that of聽the聽President. 黑料社 / Tetch Torres-Tupas
鈥淲e captured a photo from the image taken from the FB page, and then from there, we tried to remove the background images and then diverted and enhanced the photo and transformed the pixelated subject into a high-definition image,鈥� Lotoc said.
The NBI and the PNP Cybercrime units analyzed the facial features of the unidentified man in the video and the President鈥檚.
Both bodies noted significant discrepancies in the man鈥檚 facial features from the video and that of the President.
鈥淪o as you can see from the two photos that were presented as done spectral analysis from the Video Spectral Analysis, you can see that the tragal notch here (Photo of President Marcos鈥檚 ears) are embossed compared here (the man from the video) which is not that embossed.聽Also the intertragal notch is larger here (referring to the President鈥檚 ear), this is narrower in this picture (the man from the video),鈥� the NBI expert said.
He added, 鈥淎lso, the antitragus here is more embossed (the President鈥檚 ear) than here, which is not embossed. So it means this picture is definitely not the same.鈥�
On the part of the PNP, its Cybercrime Director Ronnie Francis Cariaga noted the facial feature discrepancies, not only the ears but the shape of the eyes and nose, as well as sideburns.
鈥淭he materials that you are seeing here are really enhanced video material鈥ndeed, the intention is really to misrepresent. This is really malicious and this is already borne by the forensic investigation done by the NBI together with the PNP,鈥� Andres said.