MODULE 04.

WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY

CROSS: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us?

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. examine human rights in order to uphold such rights in technological ethical dilemmas;
2. evaluate contemporary human experience in order to strengthen and enlighten the human person
functioning in society; and
3. examine local government policies that protect the well- being of the person in the face of new
technologies by making an audio story.

Key terms

Cyber – refers to a computer or a computer network, the electronic medium in which online
communication takes place.
Ethical dilemma – is a decision-making problem between two possible moral imperatives, neither of
which is unambiguously acceptable.
Government policy – is a law or principle that provides proper guidelines and protects a person from
discrimination and any danger.

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Libel - is committed when a person makes, against another, a public and malicious imputation of a crime,
or a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status or circumstance tending to
cause the dishonor, discredit or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to blacken the memory of one
who is dead.

LET’S GET STARTED (Pre-test)

We will start this module with a little diagnostic test. Your test scores are not graded, but I
want you to be serious about taking this test.
Instructions: Before going through the module proper, please answer these questions below honestly.
Provide the correct answers to each of the questions. You are given not more than 10 minutes to finish
this test. Begin!

1. What is Republic Act 10175?

a. Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
b. Magna Carta of Women
c. Anti-Child Pornography Act
d. Anti-Wire Tapping Act
2. In what section in the Article III Bill of Rights states that no law shall be passed abridging the
freedom of speech, of expression, and the press?
a. Section 1 c. Section 3
b. Section 2 d. Section 4
3. Is selling photo or video recording of sexual act liable under the Anti-Photo and Video
Voyeurism Act of 2009? a. No b. Yes
4. If the operators of cybersex are liable for such act under the Anti-child Pornography Act, are the
children also liable? a. Yes b. No
5. What makes electronic VAW different and far more fraudulent from offline VAW?
a. The anonymity affords the abuser
b. The affordability and ubiquity of technologies
c. The impact of automation and sheer speed of propagation using various digital platforms. d.
All of the above
6. In what year was the internet first introduced in the Philippines?
a. 1994 c. 1999
b. 1980 d. 1988

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 7. What Republic Act explicitly allows surveillance of terrorism suspects and interception and
recording of communications ‘between members of a judicially declared and outlawed terrorist
organization, association, or group of persons?
a. RA 10173 c. RA 4200
b. RA 9995 d. RA 9372
8. The following acts are considered part of online harassment, EXCEPT:
a. Digital stalking
b. Making fake FB accounts
c. Giving rude comments
d. Sharing memes
9. A person is liable for the crime of libel by means of printing slanderous materials.
a. Yes
b. No
10. In what Act is identity theft punishable?
a. Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
b. Data Privacy Act of 2012
c. Human Security Act of 2007
d. Anti-wire Tapping Act

ACTIVITY (Painting Conveys A Thousand Words)

Find one famous painting which depicts how technology reveals nature and our role
in it as human. No two students should use the same painting; thus, the first one to comment on the
painting’s name on our Google classroom will have the painting. Make sure you understand first the
message of the painting itself and, with its message, reflect as to how the painting would explain how
technology would reveal nature. Include in your discussion the necessary details of the painting and then
proceed with the discussion. You will have to take a video of yourself doing the discussion. Send your
video file to google classroom.
(During our next online meeting I will pick 5 students to present the painting and discuss so that everyone
could also hear and reflect on some of the submitted paintings.) During your presentation, be guided by
the following criteria.
Content & Relevance ------- 35%
Interpretation -------- 35%
Delivery -------- 30%
100%

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 ANALYSIS (Say it through Essay)
Let us examine the world we live in from these two authors on their
articles on Machine Ethics: The Robot’s Dilemma. Then, create reflective essays with at least 300 words
each by following the guide questions below:
1. How do you define a robot?
2. What are the 3 Laws of Robotics? Would these protect us from them and vice versa?
3. Is it the right time already to discuss giving rights to robots?

ABSTRACTION (Policies to Protect Us)

Did you experience having your privacy violated? Were you bullied online? Was your social media
account hacked once?
Let us discuss the local government policies in the Philippines that protect us from the threats of
technology. We will focus on digital technology; however, policies against the danger of technology are
not only limited to this. You may have already identified some of them in the previous activity.
The internet was first introduced in the Philippines in 1994. Since then, an exponential increase in
the number of Filipinos have been connected to it. In the year 2016, about 44.47 million Filipinos who are
online. Since then, many local policies about the use of digital technology have been implemented to
protect us from any threats that it may pose.

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 APPLICATION (Write-Record-Action!)
In a group of 3, create at least a 3-min radio drama covering a situation in which one government
policy in the Philippines will be violated. (A copy of the script is also included) You cannot make a video
since you should be staying in your homes. You will record your voices following your lines in your
script. There should be a narrator to introduce the scene/s and to wrap up the story, ending with giving
advice to the listeners. Your audio file together with your script will be submitted to google classroom.

How to write a radio drama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7XGGY6oxPs

ENRICHMENT (A Picture of Awareness)

Create a short slogan raising awareness to every one of the threats of technology to our humanity.
You can print or write it in a short bond paper. Take a picture of you holding the slogan.

Then, post it on your social media accounts (preferably, Facebook) with the hashtag
#whenhumanityandtechnologycross
Take a screenshot of your post that have garnered at least 20 reactions and send it to your Google drive
labeled as M04Enrichment _Surname.

REFERENCES

Dylan, E. (2007). The ethical dilemmas of robotics. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6432307.stm

Joy, B. (2000). Why the future does not need us. Wired.
https://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/nano/documents/Joy%20%20Why%20the%20Future%20
Doesn't%20Need%20Us.pdf
Official Gazette. 2012. An Act Defining Cybercrime, Providing for the Prevention, Investigation,
Suppression and the Imposition of Penalties Therefore and for Other Purposes. Available at:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10175/ (Accessed: 13 January
2021)

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Philippine Commission on Women. 2009. An Act Defining and Penalizing the Crime of Photo and Video
Voyeurism, Prescribing Penalties therefor, and for other Purposes. Available at:
https://pcw.gov.ph/republic-act-9995-anti-photo-and-video-voyeurism-act-of-2009/ (Accessed: 14
January 2021).

Universal Period Review (UPR) Info. (2016). Human rights and the Philippine digital environment: Joint
submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines.

https://www.uprinfo.org/sites/default/files/document/philippines/session_27__may_2017/js11_up
r27_phl_e_main.pdf

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