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The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News

Teens lead deepfake crime surge

The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
Summary
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66% Informative

180 criminal cases related to deepfake images in 2023 , according to a report compiled by Representative Cho Eun-hee of the People Power Party .

Of the 120 people punished for those crimes, 91 or 75.8% were teenagers.

In 2022 , there were 156 cases of deepfake crimes, 61% of convictions were of teens.

On Jeju Island , the police recently caught a teenage student making deepfake pornography using the faces of 11 of his fellow students.

VR Score

71

Informative language

73

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43

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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