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Rising Threat: AI-Generated Deepfakes Challenge Democracy in South Korean Elections

Seoul, South Korea: With less than 50 days until South Korea’s parliamentary elections in April, concerns are rising about the surge in AI-generated deepfake content. The National Election Commission (NEC) reports detecting 129 instances of AI-generated media violating the recently revised election law, which forbids deepfake use in electoral campaigning. The legislation, enacted in response to evolving disinformation facilitated by…