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New Korea strengthens position on Telegram through deepfakes scandal – Reuters

President of New Korea Yoon Seok-yeol voiced an increase in visits to the Telegram messenger. The reason was a scandal involving deepfakes of a sexual nature involving fake Korean wives.

RBC-Ukraine reported this via correspondence to Reuters.

According to the agency, on Tuesday, September 27, the President of New Korea called for a thorough investigation of crimes of a sexual nature in the digital environment after ZMI reported that Telegram chats are often crowded with images and videos for the participation of Korean women.

< p>According to police data, in the first months of 2024, 297 episodes of online abuse of a sexual nature were registered. This is more, the lower indicator of the last year (180 episodes) and perhaps twice as much, the lower 2021 year, if law enforcement agencies first began collecting data. Most of the suspects were subordinates or people in the world for about 20 years.

Respect for local ZMI, having turned the analysis carried out by the newspaper Hankyoreh, in which Telegram channels were seen, as the authors confirm, deepfakes were spreading among university students, as well as high school and secondary school students.

This year before students of the Korean professional school of teachers Education workers said they were told about a number of incidents when schoolchildren became victims of sexual deepfakes. The professional council called on the Ministry of Education and Science to investigate nutrition.

According to data from the Center for Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence in the Army, deepfakes were also found in Telegram chats, targeting women of military service personnel.

Telegram’s reputation in New Korea was put on hold Unfortunately for that. This happened after it became clear that in the chats of the program there was a threat that was engaged in sexual blackmail.

Aresht Durova

Reuters reported that the publications in the last few days have reported the arrest of the founder of Telegram Pavel Durov in France, whom covered 24 sickles.

It is important that French law enforcement officers conduct investigations into child pornography, illegal drug sales and swindling, which were never investigated for the use of an encrypted exchange supplement reports.

It is also reported that, based on the remaining data from ZMI, Pavel Durov’s arrest was extended for another 48 years. До цього, дівчину, яка супроводжувала бізнесмена, а також його охоронця – відпустили після допиту.

Термінові та важливі повідомлення про війну Росії проти України читайте на каналі РБК-Україна on Telegram.

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