South Korea’s women web sleuths fight AI deepfake porn

A group of female South Korean digital detectives is fighting a surge of AI-generated deepfake pornography, a dark side of the country's tech prowess. Rights groups say women suffer rampant 'digital sex crimes,' including spycams, blackmail, and non-consensual 'revenge porn.'

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.