Deepfakes proliferate across Asia during busy election year

An editorial in South Korea’s Chosun Daily shows the scale of illegal deepfake activity ahead of April elections in the Republic of Korea – and beyond. According to the article, the National Election Commission (NEC) of South Korea detected 129 illegal AI deepfake posts over a 19-day surveillance period. Content included highly convincing deepfake video of candidates with altered speech or visuals, spread primarily through social media.

To make matters worse, says the piece, the relatively low sophistication and capacity …

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