This year, more than 800 students were affected by ‘deepfake’ sexual exploitation. According to the ‘..

This year, more than 800 students were affected by ‘deepfake’ sexual exploitation.

According to the “Status of damage to fake deepfake video in school” released by the Ministry of Education on January 7, the total number of deepfake victims from January to January 4 was 840.

The victims included 804 students, 33 teachers and three employees.

The number of victims has increased by seven compared to the previous survey on the 27th of last month. The number of students increased by 5 and teachers by 2, respectively, and the number of employee casualties remained unchanged.

The Ministry of Education has investigated the current status of deepfake damage to 17 metropolitan and provincial education offices after a large number of deepfake sexual exploitation materials were distributed through Telegram group chat rooms.

During the first investigation (from August 27) the number of victims was 196, during the second investigation (from September 6) 421 were added. In the third survey (from September 13), the number of people increased to 105 and the number of people in the fourth survey (from September 27), which was more than 100, but during the fifth survey the number of people increased sharply. questionnaire.

Most cases appear to be the result of informing the education authorities about the damage in the previous investigation.

There have been 509 reports of damage as a result of deepfake. Secondary schools accounted for 282 cases, middle schools 211 cases and primary schools 16 cases.

The number of cases requested for investigation due to deepfake damage was 422. There were 226 cases in middle school, 183 cases in high school and 13 cases in primary school.

The cumulative number of cases related to video removal support is 219.