Deepfake Lewd epidemic in South Korea

NEW YORK - Sept. 14, 2024 - PRLog -- By: Sara Coughlin, Oye! Times

Human rights organization Human Rights Watch recently mentioned it an epidemic: Deepfake pornography is being widely distributed in South Korea. K-pop stars, but also many students and high school students, see nude photos of themselves generated with artificial intelligence appear on social media.

The South Korean government blames chat app Telegram, but according to experts and interest groups, misogynistic culture and a widening gap between progressive and traditional values are behind the 'epidemic'.

"I was terrified, I felt so alone," South Korean student Heejin said this week the BBC. She had received a message on Telegram from an unknown sender stating that her photos and personal information had been leaked. In a chat group, Heejin saw photos of her performing sexual acts.

Those photos were taken with deepfake technology. With artificial intelligence, a real person's face can easily be combined with a fake body.

The exact scale is difficult to determine, but it is clear that Heejin is no exception. Fake nude images are being distributed in South Korean Telegram chat groups with tens of thousands of members. In many cases, both the victims and the perpetrators are minors.

Arrests

The issue sparked large demonstrations and political debate at national level. On Monday, South Korean authorities announced that they wanted to take measures against Telegram, alleging that the platform was complicit in the problem. A day later, South Korean police announced that they had arrested seven male suspects, six of whom were teenagers, for distributing deepfake porn.

South Korea follows suit with the measures France, where Telegram founder Pavel Durov is currently being prosecuted. Telegram has now removed a number of the chat groups.

'Structural sexism'

Deepfake technology is available all over the world, but it was especially in South Korea that it could reach these proportions. "The cause is structural sexism and the solution is equality," said a statement signed by 84 South Korean women's rights organizations.

South Korea expert Flora Smit sees the widening gap between men and women as the cause. "South Korean society has modernized rapidly, and with that, women have become feminist on a large scale," she says. "That leads to frustration among men who grew up with traditional values."

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