Opciónate recently participated in Buenos Días Canarias, a program by Radio Televisión Canaria (RTVC), to discuss an increasingly urgent issue: pornographic deepfakes, online misogyny, minors’ access to pornography, and the protection of the fundamental rights of women, girls, and boys in the digital environment.
During the interview, our director, Analydia Fernández Layos, analyzed the newly drafted Organic Law on Civil Protection of the Right to Honor, Personal and Family Privacy, and One’s Own Image, recently presented by the Spanish Government. For the first time, this law ought to recognize as illegitimate the use of a person’s image or voice without consent through artificial intelligence or similar technologies, such as deepfakes, especially when used for advertising or commercial purposes.
The discussion also highlighted the need for comprehensive responses to online gender-based violence and emphasized that sharing personal images on social media does not grant third parties the right to use them on other platforms or channels.
The interview addressed recent cases of deepfakes, such as those generated with Grok, showing how technology without ethical limits can become a form of digital violence and seriously violate the fundamental rights of minors, girls, and women.
At Opciónate, we continue working to build safe, equal, and responsible online environments through projects on digital citizenship, digital ethics, and well-being. As part of this effort, we have begun developing workshops and training on gender biases in artificial intelligence, as well as other topics related to preventing digital violence and promoting cyber equality. Educational centers, public institutions, and interested organizations can already contact Opciónate to organize tailored training sessions.
We thank RTVC and Noemí Galván for providing this space for reflection and analysis from a gender equality perspective.