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it home reported on september 2 that at noon beijing time today, according to yonhap news agency, the south korean police announced that they have launched a pre-investigation into telegram's suspected indulgence in deepfake sexual crimes.

yu jong-soo, director of the national investigation headquarters of the korean national police agency, said at a regular press conference on the 2nd that the situation is similar to that in france.the seoul metropolitan police agency has launched a pre-investigation investigation into telegram, stating that “the suspicion is related to the tolerance of this crime (fake video, etc.)”.

the minister also admitted that there were difficulties in the investigation process. "telegram not only did not provide us with investigative materials such as account information, but also did not provide it to investigative agencies in other countries such as the united states." however, this does not mean that crimes committed through telegram "are completely undetectable so far", and the police are doing their best to investigate. the country will cooperate with france and various international organizations to seek ways to conduct investigations.

as previously reported by it home, the french government arrested telegram founder and ceo pavel durov in paris on the 24th of last month, and filed a preliminary indictment on him for suspected indulgence and conspiracy in various crimes including online sexual crimes and drug trafficking.

according to data released by the south korean national research headquarters, from the 26th to the 29th of last month,the local authorities collected a total of 88 reports involving deepfakes and sexual crimes and identified 24 suspects.

in addition, police are currently conducting pre-trial investigations into eight telegram “bots” that automatically generate deepfakes of sexually exploitative material, and are also conducting extensive investigations into telegram groups that use these programs to synthesize and disseminate content.