Deep fake porn shows why Korean women must become hypervigilant

Issue reflects societal issues of male sociopathy and insufficient institutional responses

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Activists hold posters reading ‘Repeated deep fake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too’ at a protest in Seoul on Aug. 30. (Photo by AFP/Jiji)

Haeryun Kang is a journalist and filmmaker in Seoul. She is currently directing her feature documentary in production, "Naro's Search For Space."

In South Korea, pornography is becoming increasingly synonymous with collective male sociopathy. Look no further than the most recent deep fake scandal, called by some as a "national calamity."

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