Manila, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday pressed officials of Meta Platforms Inc. to promptly remove a "deepfake" Facebook post targeting President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

During a Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media hearing on fake news, Tulfo said the manipulated content, reportedly posted on Feb. 2, remained accessible more than a week later despite being reported to the platform.

"Our President is being disrespected blatantly and you're not doing anything about it and you said you're still processing it. Come on, take it down!" Tulfo told Meta Public Policy Head for Indonesia and the Philippines Berni Moestafa.

Moestafa responded that based on the latest information he received, the content had been remove...