South Korea has received more than 10,000 requests to delete posts suspected of violating election rules by using deepfakes, a week before nationwide local elections. The Interior and Safety Ministry held an inter-agency working meeting on May 28 led by Vice Minister Kim Min-jae. Police said 921 people had been caught by May 27 for suspected black propaganda such as false or fake news. Authorities said they are working with regulators and the election commission on detection, deletion, complaints and investigations.

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT on Wednesday formed a Deepfake Response R&D Working Group and held its first meeting to prevent and respond to deepfake 피해. Government agencies, research institutes and companies including Kakao and Naver are taking part. The meeting reviewed progress on deepfake-related R&D, cooperation plans and ways to verify and spread results. The ministry and IITP are also 추진 this year a new project to develop core technologies to respond to digital deepfake crime through 2030.