[Global Network Report] According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean police stated on the 5th that a video about "South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue's confession" that had been circulated on multiple social media was not forged using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, bu

[Global Network Report] According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean police stated on the 5th that a video about "South Korean President Yin Xiyue's confession" that had been circulated on multiple social media was not forged using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, but Pieced together from multiple "real" video clips.

According to a previous report by South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, a video titled "South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue Confesses" has been circulating on social media such as TikTok and Instagram since the end of 2023. "Yin Seok-yue" in the video said, "I, Yoon Seok-yue, am a person who tortures the people through law enforcement." "The incompetent and corrupt Yoon Seok-yue government often abuses its privileges and engages in improper behavior." In this regard, the South Korean police stated on February 22, 2024 that this was a video of Yin Xiyue generated using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and requested the Korean Broadcasting and Communications Review Commission to take blocking measures against it.

Beginning at the end of 2023, a video titled "South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue Confesses" began to spread on social media tiktok and instagram. The picture shows a screenshot of a deep fake video involving South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue spread on social media. Source: Korean media

However, Yonhap News Agency reported on the 6th that the South Korean police had recently overturned the above conclusion and stated that the police had recently used self-developed "deep fake" detection The program verified the video and showed that it was "real". In other words, the video was not forged through AI technology as previously judged by the police, but was instead pieced together frame by frame from multiple real "original" images.

reported that despite this, the police stated that the person who made the video violated South Korea's Public Office Election Law by spreading false information, whether he used "original" images to piece together or used AI to forge images. In addition, the person who spreads the video may be punished as well as the person who originally posted it.

According to a previous report by South Korea's "Central Daily News", the South Korean Congress voted to pass an amendment to the "Public Office Election Act" in December 2023, prohibiting the use of deep fake images (voices, images, etc.) produced by AI for campaigning within 90 days before the election day. Violation of this provision will result in a prison sentence of up to seven years or a fine of 10 million to 50 million won.