Shin Young-sook, Deputy Minister of Leisure, "Sympathizes with Government's Limitations in Responding to Deepfake"

Close Cooperation with the Ministry of Science and ICT

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Shin Young-sook, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, recently addressed digital sex crimes such as deepfake sexual exploitation materials, which have emerged as a social issue, stating, "I empathize with the limitations of the government's response," and added, "Various ministries are collaborating through an intergovernmental task force (TF) team to develop measures, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will carefully manage the areas within its scope," on the 30th.

At the National Assembly's Gender Equality and Family Committee audit on the same day, Vice Minister Shin responded to the Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-geun's criticism, "I wonder whether the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is leading policies to protect women's rights from the distribution of deepfakes."

Lawmaker Kim pointed out, "About 80% of digital sex crime victims are minors, and if sexual exploitation materials are not quickly blocked, the effectiveness of the response will inevitably be significantly reduced," adding, "It would be most effective administratively if platform companies such as YouTube and Naver detect these in advance and report them to investigative agencies."

In response, Vice Minister Shin emphasized, "We are closely cooperating with the Ministry of Science and ICT to establish a system for detecting deepfakes."

People Power Party lawmaker Cho Eun-hee also expressed concern, saying, "Information about victim videos still appears on overseas search sites like Google," and warned, "If left as is, the N-beonbang incident could recur."

Vice Minister Shin promised, "I believe that the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Communications Standards Commission must work closely together to respond, and I will pay close attention to the pointed issues."

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