South Korea opens probe into Telegram over deepfake porn

Several South Korean women are experiencing sharing images that are AI-edited so that they appear pornographic.

The South Korean police (KNPA) announced on Monday that they have opened an investigation against the messaging service Telegram, which they accuse of "encouraging" the dissemination of fake pornographic content using images of minors in particular, reports Deutsche Welle. This content, known as "deepfake pornography", is pornographic montages generated with artificial intelligence in which human faces are pasted onto photos or videos of a sexua…

In South Korea, on Monday, September 2, the police opened an investigation against the Telegram messaging service for “encouraging” the distribution of fake pornographic content. For several months, the country has been facing a sexual “deepfake” scandal, false images generated by artificial intelligence, with the faces of victims. And in this case, often minor. Pavel Durov, the boss of Telegram, is now in the sights of South Korean justice, whi…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Cheol-seon = Police Commissioner General Cho Ji-ho said on the 2nd regarding the investigation of deepfake sex crimes, "Over the past week, there have been over 120 cases received and investigated, and...

The messenger, which is known for hosting numerous problematic conversations, is under investigation in Korea after refusing to contact the police in connection with pornographic deepfakes.

S. Korea probes Telegram over alleged deepfake crimes

South Korean police have reportedly initiated an investigation into Telegram that will look at whether the encrypted messaging app has been complicit in the distribution of sexuall...