Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte has filed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technology when used for the production of “deepfake” audio, visual, or audiovisual materials by penalizing those who produce or distribute these without public disclosing these presentations are deepfakes or AI-altered.
Under House Bill (HB) 10567, Villafuerte proposed cash penalties ranging from P2 million to P5 million for producers or distributors of deepfake materials without any disclosure these were altered with the use of AI or any other similar technology.
A similar penalty awaits those who delete or tamper with such disclosures in these AI-modified voices or images.
Villafuerte introduced the bill just weeks after backing the proposal of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia for the electoral watchdog to prohibit the use of AI and deepfake technology in electoral campaigns, to preserve honesty and transparency in our nationwide balloting in 2025 onwards.
The lawmaker supported the poll body chair’s proposal for the Comelec to disqualify and/or file election offense cases against candidates found using AI and deepfake technology in the 2025 midterm polls.
