SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have rounded up 474 people connected to deepfake sex crimes so far this year, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday. Police received 921 reports related to deepfake sex crimes between January and Monday, and they have arrested 474 suspects during this period, according to the NPA. Over [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cabinet meeting on Thursday approved a new bill calling for tougher punishment for digital sex crimes using deepfake technologies. The revision of the sexual crimes punishment law calls for punishing people caught possessing, purchasing, storing or viewing deepfake sexual materials and other fabricated videos with up to three [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven complaints of deepfake pornography targeting female soldiers were filed with a civic group last month, with the videos being detailed enough to reveal the victims’ names and titles, the group said Monday. A sexual violence counseling unit of the Center for Military Human Rights said the seven cases [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s media regulator said Monday that Telegram has pledged to adopt a zero-tolerance policy and immediately remove deepfake pornography and other illegal content from its platform, in cooperation with local authorities. The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) said it had a face-to-face working-level meeting with Telegram on Friday, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2024 Miss Korea Pageant, held on September 24 at COEX in Seoul’s Gangnam district, has come under fire for posing a controversial question about deepfake technology to contestants. The question, “If you appear more attractive in a deepfake video, how would you reduce the gap with your real self?” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 403 individuals have been apprehended since 2021 for illegally creating deepfake pornography videos, a police report showed Tuesday, as South Korea scrambles to combat online deepfake pornography targeting young women. According to the National Police Agency report submitted to Democratic Party Rep. Hwang Jung-a, 7,530 individuals [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Women’s rights groups and university human rights clubs gathered in Seoul’s Gangnam Station area on August 29 to denounce the recent surge in ‘deepfake’ sex crimes and demand prompt action from authorities. The Seoul Women’s Association and other organizations held a press conference near Exit 10 of Gangnam Station, urging [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Thursday to strengthen measures against deepfake sex crimes after a series of such pornography targeting young women on a messaging app sparked public outrage. During an emergency meeting at the National Assembly, the two sides also agreed to push [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 deepfake victims who sought help from a state agency tackling digital sex crimes were minors, officials said Wednesday, underlining the seriousness of such crimes. A total of 781 deepfake victims asked for help from the Advocacy Center for Online Sexual Abuse Victims between Jan. 1 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Wednesday sentenced a deepfake crime suspect to five years in prison after finding him guilty of producing about 400 fabricated pornographic videos and distributing about 1,700 such videos online. The Seoul Central District Court handed out the sentence to the 28-year-old suspect, surnamed Park, saying his [...]