Join Chul "'Deepfake Sexual Crime Eradication Act' Passed by National Assembly"
The "Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc." (hereinafter referred to as the Information and Communications Network Act), which was primarily proposed by Jo In-cheol, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea representing Gwangju Seo-gu Gap, passed the National Assembly plenary session on the 14th.
Recently, as artificial intelligence (AI) has become widespread, crimes involving the production and distribution of photos and videos that can cause sexual humiliation without the victim's consent using AI technology-based "deepfake" have been rampant.
There is a growing trend of expanding the age range of both victims and perpetrators, such as high school students being prosecuted for synthesizing the faces of female students onto nude photos and distributing them.
Deepfake sexual crimes are not limited to the creation of photos and videos but are spreading domestically and internationally through social network services (SNS) like Telegram, making deletion difficult and prompting continuous calls for the establishment of eradication laws.
The Information and Communications Network Act, primarily proposed by Representative Jo, includes provisions that, after collecting opinions from the National Assembly and government ministries, the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Communications Commission will promote policies to prevent the distribution and spread of deepfake videos, and if necessary, recommend improvements and supplements to video platforms along with the deletion of such videos.
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Representative Jo stated, "As AI becomes easily accessible to everyone, deepfake sexual crimes are rampant, and the indiscriminate spread of digital materials is causing economic and psychological harm to victims," adding, "I will pay attention and make efforts to eradicate deepfake sexual crimes."
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