Key Takeaways
- The South Korean police are investigating Telegram for crimes related to deepfake videos.
- The investigation aims to study the possibility of conducting an investigation against Telegram in cooperation with French investigative bodies and various international organisations.
- The case highlights concerns over social media safety and the need to eradicate deepfake videos as a social phenomenon.
Seoul: South Korean police opened an investigation against Telegram for crimes related to the creation of deepfake videos, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday, citing a high-ranking police source.
According to the agency, the police plan to study the possibility of conducting an investigation against Telegram in cooperation with French investigative bodies and various international organisations.
The Yonhap news agency previously reported that South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol called for treating pornographic deepfakes as a grave crime, giving orders to eradicate them as a social phenomenon.
