{
  "id": 15135846,
  "title": "No. of deepfake sex videos up for review exceeds last year's figure in 8 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/no-of-deepfake-sex-videos-up-for-review-exceeds-last-years-figure-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T06:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261017002200315"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to data submitted to Rep. Lee Yeon-hee of the ruling Democratic Party, the number of deepfake sex crime videos pending review by South Korea's media regulator has surpassed 17,000 as of August this year. This represents a nearly 9.9 percent increase from last year's total of 15,808 cases. The Korea Communications Standards Commission received 17,378 cases of such videos from January to August, a significant surge from the previous year. The regulator recently called for effective measures to prevent the spread of this content and protect victims.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Number of deepfake sex videos up for review exceeds last year's figure in 8 months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/number-of-deepfake-sex-videos-up-for-review-exceeds-last-years-figure",
        "published": "2026-10-17T06:47:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}