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Gabriela sides with LANS, slams non-consensual AI photo

Published Jun 29, 2026 11:51 pm

At A Glance

  • Rep. Sarah Elago defends LANS, warning that AI-generated images without consent violate women's rights.
  • She notes the House panel has passed a measure strengthening the Safe Spaces Act to cover AI-related online harassment.
  • Elago affirms solidarity with women resisting digital abuse, stressing technology must uphold dignity and consent.
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Sarah Elago (left), LANS (Facebook)
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Sarah Elago (left), LANS (Facebook)


Gabriela Party-list Rep. Sarah Elago took up the cudgels for social media personality LANS on the issue of consent and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images of a person's likeness.
"The use of AI to generate and circulate images of women without their consent is a disturbing reminder that technology can be weaponized to violate women's rights," Elago said on Monday, June 29.
"The recent incident involving content creator [LANS] should prompt a broader conversation on consent, accountability, and the responsible use of artificial intelligence," she noted.
LANS recently called out one Crist Briand for sharing an AI-generated photo of them together, as if they were a couple. LANS wrote in a Facebook post that she found the viral photo disrespectful.
Elago, a member of the Makabayan bloc, echoed LANS's sentiments.
"Anuman ang intensyon ng content creator na gumawa nito, hindi dapat gamitin ang [AI] upang manipulahin ang larawan ng isang tao nang walang kanyang pahintulot. Ang ganitong gawain ay paglabag sa karapatan ng kababaihan," said the militant congresswoman.
(Whatever the intention of the content creator in making it, AI must not be used to manipulate a person’s image without their consent. Such an act is a violation of women’s rights.)
"Dapat ding sumabay ang ating mga batas sa mabilis na pag-unlad ng teknolohiya," Elago reckoned.
(Our laws must also keep pace with the rapid development of technology.)
In this regard, she bared that the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality had. already passed the proposed measure to strengthen the Safe Spaces Act, with Gabriela Party-list as principal author.
"Kasama rito ang paggamit ng AI at iba pang emerging technologies para sa gender-based online sexual harassment. Binabantayan natin masalang na ito sa plenaryo para sa second reading," Elago said.
(This includes the use of AI and other emerging technologies in cases of gender-based online sexual harassment. We are closely monitoring its progress in the plenary for the second reading.)
She underscored: "Nakikiisa kami kay Lans at sa lahat ng kababaihang naninindigan laban sa pang-aabuso sa digital spaces. Hindi dapat gamitin ang [AI] upang burahin ang konsepto ng consent."
(We stand with Lans and all women who fight against abuse in digital spaces. AI must not be used to erase the concept of consent.)
"Ang teknolohiya ay dapat magsulong ng paggalang sa dignidad at karapatan ng bawat tao, hindi maging kasangkapan sa pambabastos at karahasan laban sa kababaihan," she pointed out.
(Technology should promote respect for the dignity and rights of every person, not become a tool for harassment and violence against women.)

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