Rising tide of deepfake pornography targets K-pop stars

Girl group Twice is one of the artistes who are victims of deepfake pornography makers. - JYP ENTERTAINMENT

SEOUL: Major K-pop agencies such as JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment and Cube Entertainment have declared war on deepfake visual content created using images of their K-pop artistes.

This comes at a time when deepfake crimes have attracted renewed attention in South Korea, after the revelation of online rooms in which users shared AI-generated pornographic videos of local women and acquaintances.