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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Justin McCurry in Tokyo

South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography after thousands found to be spreading images

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South Korea is launching a crackdown on digital sex crimes targeting women and girls whose images are used to create deepfake pornography. Photograph: ToolX/Getty Images

South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has ordered a crackdown on an epidemic of digital sex crimes targeting women and girls who become the unwitting victims of deepfake pornography.

Yoon’s criticism of the use, recently reported in South Korean media, of the Telegram messaging app to create and share fake, sexually explicit images and videos came amid warnings that all women were potential victims.

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