South Korea aims to criminalise fictional AI pornography after man’s acquittal

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South Korea is seeking to criminalize the distribution of AI-generated fictional pornography following a recent court acquittal under existing laws. Lawmakers aim to close loopholes that have allowed the sharing of deepfake images depicting fictional personas, prompted by a ruling in Goyang, Gyeonggi province.

South Korea is working to close a legal loophole that allowed people sharing AI-generated pornography featuring fictional personas to go scot-free. The move by lawmakers came after a court in Goyang, Gyeonggi province, acquitted a man accused of distributing deepfake images of nude women in a Telegram chat room. Despite prosecutors presenting the evidence under a law carrying up to seven years in prison or a maximum fine of 50 million won (US$35,341), a judge last August ruled that the victims...