Police identify and investigate person who posted ``presidential deepfake video'' = South Korea

Police identified and investigated some of the people who posted the deepfake video (synthetic media created using deep learning technology) depicting President Yoon Seo-gyeol.
ing. On the 20th, the Seoul National Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Team identified some of the posters who posted the deepfake videos and are investigating them for defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.
revealed. They are accused of uploading a short video titled ``President Yun Seok-Yeong's Confession of Conscience Speech'' on video platforms such as TikTok.
Police have confirmed that there are several people who posted the deepfake video, and are also confirming that the person who created the deepfake video and the person who posted it on the internet are the same person.
Prior to this, ``People's Power'' filed a complaint against the unnamed video poster at the beginning of last month, and the Broadcasting and Communications Deliberation Committee took measures to block the video. The police
Since last month, they have secured an ID to identify the person who posted the video and have been confiscating and searching for it.