Superintendent Seogeo-seok Urges "Strengthen Deepfake Countermeasures"...Urgent 'Directive'

Measures Including Damage Status and Distribution of Educational Materials

Seo Geoseok, Superintendent of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Office of Education, gave an urgent directive to the relevant departments on the 27th to strengthen prevention and response to the recent surge in cyber violence, including deepfakes.

According to the Jeonbuk Office of Education, Superintendent Seo stated, "I have received news that deepfake incidents, where photos or videos of others are synthesized and distributed on social media (SNS) such as Telegram without the consent of the parties involved, are spreading," and instructed the Department of Democratic Citizenship Education to "quickly prepare prevention and response measures."

On the 27th, Seogeo-seok, the Superintendent of Education of Jeonbuk, issued an urgent directive to the relevant departments to strengthen prevention and response to the recent surge in cyber violence, including deepfakes.
[Photo by Jeonbuk Office of Education]

The responsible department, the Department of Democratic Citizenship Education, decided to actively respond by preparing measures including ▲ investigating and actively responding to the current status of victims in the province whose images are being distributed on SNS ▲ sending home letters and text messages to students for deepfake prevention and reporting guidance ▲ producing and distributing educational video materials to prevent youth deepfake cybercrimes ▲ conducting training sessions for principals, vice principals, and teachers in charge of student life on cyber violence prevention (deepfake) ▲ holding meetings with related departments of the National Police Agency.

The provincial Office of Education will first conduct intensive education on cyber violence, understanding deepfakes, and prevention measures for about 2,500 principals, vice principals, and teachers in the province over two days, from the 29th to the 30th.

Superintendent Seo Geoseok said, "School violence using AI-based image synthesis technology, which has recently advanced, is increasing," and added, "While strengthening cyber violence prevention, we will do our best to protect victimized students and guide offending students through prompt responses when school violence incidents occur."

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