Seoul Police and Prosecutors Strengthen Cooperation Against Deepfakes... Hotline Established for Rapid Response

Practical Council for Responding to Digital Sexual Crimes

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency have decided to establish a hotline and strengthen their cooperation system to respond to digital sex crimes.

On the 20th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office announced that it held a working-level council with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the Seoul Digital Sex Crime Safety Support Center to respond to digital sex crimes such as deepfakes. The council was organized to share the current status of digital sex crime investigations and victim protection cases, and to discuss ways to build a cooperation system between the prosecution and police. Measures to protect victims, such as immediate deletion and monitoring when illegal videos are discovered, were also discussed.

Seoul Seocho-gu Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office [Image source=Yonhap News]

The dedicated prosecutors for digital sex crimes at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the investigation team of the Task Force (TF) for intensive response to false videos at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency have agreed to cooperate from the early stages of investigations by establishing a hotline. If there is concern about the distribution of false videos, they will actively request deletion and blocking of illegal videos in cooperation with the Seoul Digital Sex Crime Safety Support Center and continue monitoring using artificial intelligence (AI) programs.

The prosecution stated, "We will expand the number of dedicated prosecutors for digital sex crimes at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office from two to four and assist victims in returning to their daily lives through the appointment of public defenders for victims."

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