SEOUL: As South Korean police collaborate with Telegram to investigate deepfake pornography chatrooms, concerns are growing over users migrating to other encrypted messaging services, raising doubts about the long term effectiveness of the probe.
Back in August 2024, concerns surrounding the dissemination of deepfake pornographic content on Telegram grew in South Korea, after a chatroom with around 1,200 participants sharing sexually explicit images generated through deepfake technology was found to have been active since 2020.
