South Korea vows tougher stance after outcry over deepfakes in Telegram chatrooms

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has called for digital sex crimes to be thoroughly investigated after media reported that sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of South Korean women were often found in Telegram chatrooms.

The reports by domestic media over recent days have coincided with the arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Russian-born founder, on the weekend – part of a French probe into child pornography, drug trafficking and fraud on the encrypted messaging app.