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Children nearly half of deepfake sex-crime victims, South Korean regulator warns

By Jenny Lee ( September 18, 2025, 08:49 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s privacy regulator revealed that children and teens now make up 46 percent of the country’s deepfake sex-crime victims, highlighting how AI is driving unprecedented threats to youth safety. The Personal Information Protection Commission is reviewing a right for minors to demand deletion of deepfake content and developing tools to block unauthorized use of personal images, reflecting a shift toward recognizing minors as rights holders.South Korea’s privacy regulator has sounded the alarm over a steep rise in AI-driven harms to minors, with children and teenagers now making up 46 percent of all deepfake sex-crime victims in the country....

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