In South Korea, female K-pop singers are the target of pornographic deepfakes


K-pop girl group NewJeans members walk on the blue carpet at the 2025 Spring/Summer Seoul Fashion Week at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on September 3, 2024. - AFP photo

South Korean pop idols are often objects of fantasy, prompting malicious internet users to feature their likenesses in deepfake pornographic photos and videos.

This phenomenon is becoming so widespread in South Korea that a major K-pop label has declared its intention to take legal action.

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