When even lawmakers are fooled by Al, laws can't fix it

An Al-generated video circulating on the internet over the weekend appeared to have misled Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa into sharing what he seemingly believed was a genuine youth voice against the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

- Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon

When it comes to information shared or posted on social media, I always take a skeptical attitude, sometimes even assuming that everything online is fake until proven otherwise. So I also treated the news about netizens ridiculing the good senator with skepticism. Upon verification, I learned that the AI-generated video was indeed shared on the senator's verified social media page. There were also reports about it in at least two national newspapers with an online presence. ence.

As a media literacy advocate and mentor, my advice to anyone today when it comes to using the internet and social media is this: assume that any information shared electronically is fake until proven otherwise, or verified by reliable, institutional sources. That same skeptical attitude I mentioned earlier is what guides how I navigate the digital world.