Summary
A man in his 60s, identified as A, was referred to prosecutors for creating and distributing synthetic pornographic content and defamatory images of Rep. Lee Un-ju of the Democratic Party of Korea. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency stated that A was charged with violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act and defamation after fabricating video content with Lee’s face synthesized onto it and posting it on social networking services. Police secured evidence by searching A’s office and other locations, and are continuing their investigation into accounts that reposted the fabricated content.