S Korea: House subcommittee passes Bill for tougher punishment for digital sex crimes against teens

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Seoul, Sep 19 (IANS) A parliamentary subcommittee passed a Bill on Thursday that calls for tougher punishment for digital sex crimes using deepfake technologies against children and teenagers.

During a subcommittee legislative review session, the National Assembly's gender equality and family committee made the bipartisan decision to pass the revision of the Act on protection of children against sexual crimes, Yonhap news agency reported.

The proposed Bill calls for at least three years’ imprisonment for blackmailing young people using sexually abusive materials and five years behind bars for coercing them with such materials.

Under the current law, intimidation with sexual exploitation materials is subject to one year or longer in prison and coercion to at least three years of imprisonment.

The subcommittee also passed the revision to the Sexual Violence Prevention Act, which calls for greater responsibility by the government for supporting victims.

The move came as South Korea has seen a surge in deepfake porn videos exploiting the photos of young or underage girls in group chat rooms, with many of the victims known to be teenagers.

"The ruling and the Opposition parties joined hands to ease the concerns of the people about the rising deepfake cases. We will work together to pass them during this regular session," Rep. Kim Sang-wook of the ruling People Power Party said.

A total of 434 deepfake damage cases affecting underage students and also teachers have been reported from schools this year, according to the education ministry.

Disclaimer: This story has not been edited by the Sakshi Post team and is auto-generated from syndicated feed.


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