# South Korea’s women web sleuths fight AI deepfake porn

> Source: <https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/30/asia-pacific/crime-legal/korea-women-ai-deepfake-porn/>
> Published: 2026-07-30 06:56:00+00:00

Seoul – Under banners emblazoned “Solidarity” and “We stand together with victims,“ a group of female South Korean digital detectives dredges the internet for a scourge of illegal AI-enabled pornography.

South Korea — home to the world’s leading smartphone and memory chipmakers — takes huge national pride in its tech prowess.

But the success story has a dark side: Women suffer rampant “digital sex crimes,“ rights groups say. Spycams film them in private while chat groups blackmail them for explicit content and share so-called “revenge porn” without consent.
