Deepfake porn
30 Oct
A South Korean court on Wednesday handed a 10-year jail term to a man who spread deepfake porn images of women who attended the nation's top university. South Korea is grappling with a deepfake porn crisis after sprawling Telegram chat groups were identified this year, often preying on female students and staff at schools and…
2 Sep
South Korean police said Monday they had launched an investigation into encrypted messaging platform Telegram for allegedly "abetting" the distribution of so-called deepfake porn, including explicit AI generated images of teenagers. Deepfake porn includes explicit content where the faces of individuals are digitally superimposed onto other pornographic images or videos using artificial intelligence technology. A…
27 Aug
South Korea's president called Tuesday for an investigation into deepfake porn after media reports that Telegram chatrooms were sharing explicit images of minors at schools and universities sparked public outrage. "Many victims are minors, and most perpetrators have also been identified as teenagers," he said. Yoon called for authorities to "thoroughly investigate and address these…
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Meta's oversight board said Tuesday it is scrutinising the social media titan's deepfake porn policies, through the lens of two cases. The move by what is referred to as a meta "supreme court" for content moderation disputes comes just months after the widespread sharing of lewd AI-generated images of megastar Taylor Swift on X, formerly…
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