South Korea’s president has urged authorities to do more to “eradicate” the country’s digital sex crime epidemic, amid a flood of deepfake pornography targeting young women.
Authorities, journalists and social media users recently identified a large number of chat groups where members were creating and sharing sexually explicit "deepfake" images – including some of underage girls.
Deepfakes are generated using artificial intelligence, and often combine the face of a real person with a fake body.
South Korea’s media regulator is holding an emergency meeting in the wake of the discoveries.
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