Gangseo-gu Hosts Gangseo Knowledge Vitamin Lecture on Deepfake and Digital Sex Crimes

Gangseo-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Jin Gyo-hoon) announced on the 2nd that it will hold the 186th Gangseo Knowledge Vitamin Lecture this month under the theme of "Understanding and Responding to Digital Sexual Crimes Based on Image Synthesis Technology (Deepfake)." This lecture can be viewed through the district office's official YouTube channel until the 25th of this month.

Deepfake is a compound word of Deep Learning and Fake, referring to fake images or videos created using artificial intelligence technology.

Jang Gwang-ho, CEO of CNAI Co., Ltd., who will serve as the lecturer, plans to provide detailed information on the concept of digital sexual crimes using deepfake technology, which has recently raised great awareness in our society, and ways to respond to them.

CEO Jang will explain the characteristics and dangers of deepfake technology, which is easily abused in online environments, through actual crime cases. He will also discuss domestic and international punishment standards related to digital sexual crimes and emphasize the need to improve legal systems to strengthen the responsibility of perpetrators.

CEO Jang previously served as the Head of Crime Analysis Planning at the Scientific Investigation Management Office of the National Police Agency and as the Director of the Smart Policing Intelligence Center at the Police University’s Institute of Police Policy Research. He is also a research professor at Hanshin University. His publications include "Smart Policing (Innovative Police Activities in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution)."

Since there is a high risk of adolescents being exposed to deepfake sexual crimes, this lecture will be announced to local elementary, middle, and high schools through official letters and newsletters to families.

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