According to Yonhap News Agency,South KoreaThe police announced that they had Telegram companySuspected of allowing Deepfake (Deep fakes)Conduct pre-case investigation.
Woo Jong-soo, director of the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency of South Korea, said at a regular press conference on the 2nd that similar to the situation in France, the Seoul Police Agency has launched a pre-investigation investigation into Telegram, and pointed out: "This suspicion is related to the indulgence of this crime (fake video, etc.)."
The minister also admitted that during the investigationDifficulties. “Telegram is not onlyDo not provide us with account informationOther survey data,Not to the United States or other countries"However, this does not mean that crimes were committed through Telegram."Totally undetectable so far"The police are doing their utmost to investigate. The country will work with France and various international organizations to seek ways to conduct investigations when there is a chance."
As previously reported by IT Home, the French government arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov in Paris on the 24th of last month, and filed a preliminary indictment on him for suspected indulgence and conspiracy in various crimes including online sexual crimes and drug trafficking.
According to data disclosed by South Korea’s National Investigation Headquarters, local authorities collected a total of 1,000 reports involving Deepfake and sexual crimes from the 26th to the 29th of last month. 88 cases, and 24 suspects were identified.
In addition, the police are currently investigating eightDeep fakes automatically generate sexual exploitation materialWe are also conducting pre-investigation investigations into Telegram “bots” that use these programs, and are also conducting extensive investigations into Telegram groups that use these programs to synthesize and disseminate content.