Trapped Online, Silenced in Offline

Garments | Opinion Writer

The promise of education is what I expect grades to reflect actual student learning and mastery of competencies. Yet in the Philippines, a controversial practice in the public school grading system has blurred this promise. Under the current DepEd grading system, raw scores are frequently converted upward to passing marks so that even failing performance appears as passing on report cards, effectively masking students who are struggling academically and eliminating opportunities for real remedial support. 

Protect our AIdentity

Garments | Opinion Writer

I was scrolling through my feed recently when I hit a video that made my blood run cold. A mother, voice trembling, was describing how a deepfake video of her four-year-old daughter, an AI-generated nightmare, had surfaced online. Her child had never left her side, yet her digital likeness had been hijacked. This isn’t a glitch or an online prank. It is a chilling testament that our current laws are bringing a knife to a laser fight.