‘Afraid of social media’: South Korea women remove pictures, videos amid deepfake porn crisis
South Korea’s national assembly on Thursday passed a Bill to punish people possessing, purchasing, saving or viewing deepfake sexual materials and other fabricated videos.
South Korean protesters demand for tougher measures, justice for the victims, and accountability from the government to tackle the deepfake porn.
SEOUL: Protests in South Korea continued on Friday (Sep 27), a day after lawmakers passed a Bill to criminalise possessing or watching sexually explicit deepfake images and videos.
Activists said they want tougher measures, justice for the victims, and accountability from the government to tackle the alarming sex crime epidemic plaguing the nation.
South Korea’s national assembly on Thursday passed a Bill to punish people possessing, purchasing, saving or viewing deepfake sexual materials and other fabricated videos with up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 30 million won (US$23,000).
Advocates said the current laws are not enough to fight sex crimes, and that policymakers need to do more with the legal system to effectively bring perpetrators to justice and to deter such conduct.
