When talking about scandals or gossip people are always interested to that, little that we know that we are violating rules against human rights, it is the Article 26 of the Civil Code states that every person should respect the dignity, personality, privacy and peace of mind of his neighbors and other persons, disturbing the private life of a person would constitute a cause of action for damages. (Calica, 2009). We are all guilty that when it comes to “tsismis” we all have our own version of a particular story. A special case is presented when the topic tackles sex and sexuality. There is an extra factor when the topic includes sex. People are more attentive to such issues because naturally, sex is coined with different interpretation but we all know that this is a sensitive topic to be discussed. Unfortunately some are insensitive enough to disseminate scandals particularly this Katrina-Hayden sex scandal. First of all, if there is no video there will be no scandal at all so the video itself is problematic. Was Katrina aware that their private affair is being videotaped? Well as confessed, she has no consent in the video recording. Chief Public Attorney Persida Rueda-Acosta said there appeared to be violation of Halili’s “right to privacy” “That is so unfair to the lady, she was made to fall in love not knowing that their private affairs would be videotaped and made public,” (Araneta, 2009). Obviously Katrina is unacquainted of Hayden’s agenda of collecting his private affairs. It is evident that being ignorant to an instance might be very dangerous for the person concern. Whenever a person is in a private area he or she thinks that the place is secured and no one can disturb your privacy but nowadays this kind of situation is no more obtainable because people who would like to look after you have an easy access of doing it by the means of the technology that we have now, the technology that can watch over you wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever you are with at a particular moment. Stalking is much more accessible for whatever purpose you have in mind for your target.
It is sad to think that with the modernization of our technology it leads us to criminality. It destroys the boundary between private and public spaces. It seems like synthesis of the private and public spaces is the main goal of the contemporary technology. It makes us feel that we are living in a world wherein everything we do is guarded and watched over so one wrong move can make you justly regret your decision because of the awaiting consequences that will be given to you. Technology helps you to develop but at the same time limits you to pursue your ideas because of the confinement it provides a person. With this kind of setting people will live in a big detention dome very soon. This said technology is all in favor of those cream of the crop population because they can watch us effortlessly and by that they can implement rules even without us knowing that we already fall for their trap. They use technology as one of their tool in the production of their money-making scheme to be more efficient and provide them much money that they can get from the people and more on those marginalized ones.
REFERENCES:
- Araneta, S. (2009, May 23). “Hayden says sorry for sex videos”. The Philippine Star. p. 8
- Ables , H. (1987). Mass Communication and Philippine Society. Manila, Philippines: University of the Philippines Press.
- Araneta, S. (2009, May 22). “Kho, Bello summoned over Katrina sex video”. The Philippine Star. p. 10
- Calica, A. (2009, May 20). “Hayden gets senator’s ire over sex video”. The Philippine Star. p. 9
- Araneta, S. (2009, May 21). “Katrina goes to Senate, NBI”. The Philippine Star. p. 6
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