South Korean school hit by deepfake porn

South Korean police on August 27 launched an investigation into reports of pornographic content created through deepfake technology at schools nationwide, including elementary schools.

Pornographic content created through deepfake technology is rampant in schools in South Korea. Photo: YONHAP

Earlier, the names of about 300 schools across the country were posted on a Telegram chat room to report cases of deepfake pornography.

The list went viral over the weekend when multiple public accounts on the social media platform X posted the list of schools, according to the X post. According to the post, participants in the Telegram chat shared photos of acquaintances such as classmates and teachers, which can be easily obtained through public social media accounts, to create pornographic content using deepfake technology.

The viral list has more than 570,000 retweets and 260,000 likes as of August 26. Photo: X

Police investigations have begun in Seoul, Incheon and South Jeolla. The Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency's cybercrime unit is looking for two suspects who created and distributed deepfake porn by synthesizing photos of women posted on social media such as Instagram. Victims who discovered their images were being used directly reported to the police.

According to South Korean police, if caught producing or distributing deepfake porn, the perpetrator can be sentenced to up to five years in prison or fined up to 50 million won ($37,740), according to the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. If the victim of the crime is a minor, the law under the Juvenile Protection Act will apply. Therefore, the penalty will be higher, with prison sentences of more than five years or life imprisonment.

South Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said it plans to help victims remove deepfake pornography through systems for investigators to monitor illegal video content.

In February, AI experts and industry executives, including pioneering technologist Yoshua Bengio, signed an open letter recommending the regulation of deepfakes, including fully criminalizing deepfake pornography and imposing criminal penalties on anyone who creates or facilitates the distribution of harmful deepfakes.

KHANH HUNG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/school-in-han-quoc-is-infected-with-pornographic-content-deepfake-tan-cong-post755909.html