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South Korea is facing a deepfake porn crisis
Preliminary data suggests that most of the suspected perpetrators from the recent wave of cases are in their teens.
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A protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug 30. South Korea has been rocked by a wave of sexually explicit deepfake images being created and shared online.
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Catherine Thorbecke
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South Korea has been rocked by a wave of sexually explicit deepfake images being created and shared online, indiscriminately targeting women and girls using their school photos, social media selfies and even military headshots.
A Telegram channel with more than 220,000 participants was reportedly being used to create and share these pornographic images
