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SEOUL — South Korean police have launched an investigation into the messaging platform Telegram over deepfake online sex crimes, Yonhap news agency reported on Sept 2, citing a senior police official.
SEOUL — South Korean lawmakers on Sept 26 passed a Bill that criminalises possessing or watching sexually explicit deepfake images and videos, with penalties set to include prison terms and fines.
SEOUL — South Korean regulators and police last week vowed to combat sexually exploitative deepfakes, urging Telegram and other social media companies to co-operate with them as they crack down on the practise.
A viral video allegedly showing Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr doing drugs has caused serious concern among government officials, who called it a “maliciously crude attempt” to undermine his government.
A growing wave of deepfake scams has looted millions of dollars from companies worldwide, and cybersecurity experts warn it could get worse as criminals exploit generative AI for fraud.
The woman declares, in Mandarin inflected with a slight accent, that Chinese men should marry “us Russian women.” In other videos on the Chinese short video platform Douyin, she describes how much she loves Chinese food, and hawks salt and soap from her country. “Russian people don’t trick Chinese people,” she promises.
The government is investigating the spread of the manipulated video and will file cases against those responsible, the communications office said in a statement on Friday. The deepfakes “seemingly asking the armed forces to act against another nation” have since been taken down, the office said, without mentioning China.
Want an opponent to campaign for you? Confuse voters between a real and a fake video? As India prepares for the world’s largest elections, parties are turning to AI for novel – and dangerous – strategies.