Chinese Student Sentenced to 18 Months’ Jail in S. Korea for Creating 1,100 Deepfakes of Colleagues

Seoul Shinmun (서울신문)

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A Chinese international student who produced sexually exploitative material by synthesizing the faces of his graduate research lab colleagues using deepfake technology was sentenced to prison in the first trial. According to Yonhap News on the 10th, Judge Kwon So-young of the 5th Criminal Division of the Seoul Northern District Court sentenced A (30), who was indicted on charges including violation of the Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence (ha…