South Korea Urges Telegram to Crack Down on Deepfake Sex Crimes
The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has demanded a thorough inquiry into digital sex offenses employing AI-generated content, citing growing concerns over the spread of deepfake pornography. President Yoon underlined during a Cabinet meeting how urgent it is to fight the rapid proliferation of deepfake videos on social media and how anyone might become a victim of these crimes. In addition to looking into and identifying perpetrators, he asked authorities to put in place educational initiatives to promote a more positive internet culture.
Dangerous Distribution of Deep Fake Pornography
Deepfake technology is becoming the main tool for producing sexually explicit content. It uses artificial intelligence to superimpose a person’s face onto another’s body in videos or photographs. The situation in South Korea became even more serious after it was discovered that a Telegram chatroom operating since 2020 was distributing deepfake photos of more than 30 female students from Inha University. Approximately 1,200 people participated in the conversation, which also shared the victims’ addresses and phone numbers.
The problem goes beyond one chat room. There have been reports of similar activity in other Telegram channels associated with other military units and educational institutions, where offenders have created and disseminated deepfake pornography using artificial intelligence systems. Over 100 channels — one with 133,400 subscribers — were found to be involved in the spread of such content when using Telemetrio, a tool for locating Telegram chatrooms.
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