South Korea police probe Telegram for potential role in distributing deepfake pornography

Yonhap quoted the head of the National Office of Investigation. The office’s cyber investigation bureau declined to comment on the report.

The launch of an investigation would follow public and political outrage over digital deepfake pornography featuring South Korean women, with local media reporting such content is often found in Telegram chat rooms.

It would also go one step further than comments from the commissioner of the National Policy Agency, Cho Ji-ho, earlier on Monday, who said his agency was reviewing whether to investigate secure messaging apps by charging them with abetting crimes.