Content reviewed: Rukchanok Srinork posted asking, “Do you think the nation needs the military or the People’s Party?”
❌ Fact-check result: False content — AI was used to create false text inserted into the image
📝 Summary: On 31 Oct 2025, the Facebook account “Arnond Sakworawich” posted an image of Ms. Rukchanok Srinork, a Bangkok member of parliament (MP) from the People’s Party, standing and holding a sheet of paper with the message: “Do you think the nation needs the ‘military’ or the ‘People’s Party’?” The poster added the caption, “How dare she ask this?”
The post received more than 1,100 comments—mostly attacking Ms. Rukchanok and the People’s Party—and was shared nearly 60 times.
🔎 Cofact investigation: After examining the image with Google Lens and contacting MP Rukchanok, the following was found:
▪️ The bottom-right corner of the image contains Gemini’s star logo, which appears on images created or edited with Gemini’s AI tools, indicating that part of the image was generated using AI.
▪️ MP Rukchanok confirmed to Cofact on 2 Nov 2025 that while the image of her holding a sheet of paper is real, the text “Do you think the nation needs the military or the people” is false and was edited in. She explained that the original photo was taken to introduce herself as a prospective Bangkok MP candidate for the Move Forward Party before the 2023 election.
▪️ Cofact checked MP Rukchanok’s social media accounts and found the original image in short videos posted on Instagram and TikTok (@nanaicez) on 20 and 27 Sept 2022, respectively. The handwritten text on the white paper she was holding reads: “, District 26, Bangkok.”
📌 Cofact conclusion: This image was edited using AI to insert false text within a context in which society is paying close attention to the role of the military in the Thai–Cambodian conflict. The original image was published on MP Rukchanok’s social media accounts in 2022 with text introducing her as a prospective MP candidate.
This image has been repeatedly edited to create false content and was most recently reposted on 31 Oct 2025 by the Facebook account “Arnond Sakworawich.” Although the poster framed the caption as a question and the image bears a watermark indicating that parts were AI-generated, many people may not notice and could be misled into believing it is genuine content.
