Teens lead deepfake crime surge


Recent progress in video technology has had some alarming effects in South Korea, as a growing number of tech-savvy youngsters are using deepfake technology to produce sexual images of people, often their own peers, without their consent.

A recent report showed that there were 180 criminal cases related to deepfake images in 2023.

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