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South Korea’s media regulator stated Monday that Telegram has pledged to undertake a zero-tolerance coverage and instantly take away deepfake pornography and different unlawful content material from its platform, in cooperation with native authorities.
The Korea Communications Requirements Fee (KCSC) stated it had a face-to-face working-level assembly with Telegram on Friday, elevating considerations over deepfake content material involving doctored photographs of Korean girls, which has surfaced on Telegram in current months.
In response, Telegram acknowledged the severity of the problem in Korea and vowed to take strict motion towards such unlawful materials.
“Telegram stated they understood the scenario in Korea the place deepfake porn content material has turn into a big social subject,” KCSC Chairman Ryu Hee-lim acknowledged in a press convention, including that the platform will take stern measures to fight the issue.
Along with concentrating on digital intercourse crimes, Telegram will actively take away content material associated to pornography, prostitution, medicine, and playing, as requested by the KCSC, which holds unique authority to evaluation and flag unlawful content material.
The platform has additionally dedicated to working carefully with Korean authorities, together with the police, and can maintain common working-level conferences with the KCSC.
As a part of these efforts, a brand new hotline can be established between Telegram and the KCSC to expedite responses to content material violations.
The KCSC anticipates that unlawful content material will now be eliminated extra swiftly following the current settlement.
Telegram has just lately eliminated a complete of 148 circumstances of sexual exploitation materials from its platform from Sept. 3-25 as requested by the KCSC. (Yonhap)
