But first of all, the offensive comes after the existence of vseveral forums on the Telegram messaging network featuring images of students, graduates or teachers from various high schools or universities in the country.

Existence of groups with “ultra fake” pornographic material military personnel.

The number of people reporting the existence of ultra-fake pornographic images has increased significantly in South Korea, with 156 cases in 2021, 160 in 2022, 180 in 2023, and 297 between January and July this year alone, according to the NPA.

Another worrying trend is that among 178 people have been charged with producing or distributing images of this type. This year, 113 people, or 73.6%, were teenagers.

Preliminary studies indicate the existence of more than 100 rooms in Telegram with images of this type and at least 220,000 participants.

Obviously, the figure could be much higher, given the secrecy surrounding these groups, as well as the opacity of the instant messaging company Telegram, founded by Pavel Durov (currently detained in France on charges of complicity in the distribution of images of pedophiles or drug trafficking). and the lack of control over one’s own image in the age of social media.

Many of the deepfake images circulating are believed to have been sourced from social media sites such as Instagramis extremely popular in South Korea, which obviously makes more and more South Korean users make their accounts private.

The proliferation of these types of groups and the increased distribution of these materials are a response to the increasing ease of searching networks for programs or bots that use artificial intelligence to create pornographic still images or videos from content provided to them. contains the physical characteristics of a specific person.

EFE