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South Korea still battles online sex exploitation sites 10 years after Soranet

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South Korea continues to grapple with online sexual exploitation sites, a decade after the notorious Soranet platform was shut down. Despite strengthened laws, new networks have emerged, hosting illegally filmed content and deepfakes. These sites often facilitate the sharing of non-consensual explicit material and personal information, highlighting ongoing challenges in online policing and societal attitudes towards sexual crime. AI

IMPACT Ongoing challenges in combating deepfake technology and online exploitation highlight the need for better AI-driven detection and moderation tools.

RANK_REASON This item discusses the ongoing challenges of combating online sexual exploitation, which is a societal issue rather than a core AI development or release.

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South Korea still battles online sex exploitation sites 10 years after Soranet

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · David D. Lee ·

    South Korea struggles to curb sexual exploitation sites 10 years after Soranet scandal

    A decade after the shutdown of Soranet – a sprawling online hub for secretly filmed and non-consensual sexual videos that became a symbol of South Korea’s digital sex-crime crisis – the country is still struggling to stamp out similar networks and copycat sites that have emerged …

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