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AI is fuelling a deepfake porn crisis in South Korea. What’s behind it – and how can it be fixed?

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Summary
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76% Informative

Report: 53% of deepfake porn videos featured South Korean singers and actresses.

Group chats have been made for the specific purpose of engaging in image-based sexual abuse of women, including middle-school and high-school students, teachers and family members.

Perpetrators use AI bots to generate the fake imagery, which is then sold and/or disseminated.

VR Score

73

Informative language

68

Neutral language

59

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

19

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