South Korea faces AI-driven proliferation of deepfake sex crimes

Police move to crack down on fabricated videos, many targeting or made by minors

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Telegram has emerged as a frequent means of distribution for sexually explicit deepfake videos. © Reuters

NAMI MATSUURA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korea is grappling with increasingly widespread abuse of artificial intelligence technology to make pornographic deepfake videos, frequently involving both victims and perpetrators in their teens.

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