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Digital detectives in Seoul hunt AI predators, deleting illicit porn and rescuing traumatised victims

Malaysia Times desk Original: Malay Mail 7/31 07:00 X
Digital detectives in Seoul hunt AI predators, deleting illicit porn and rescuing traumatised victims
Photo: Malay Mail

SEOUL, July 31 — Under banners emblazoned “Solidarity” and “We stand together with victims”, a group of South Korean women digital detectives dredges the internet for a...

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South Korea — home to the world’s leading smartphone and memory chipmakers — takes huge national pride in its tech prowess.

But the success story has a dark side: women suffer rampant “digital sex crimes”, rights groups say. Spycams film them in private while chat groups blackmail them for explicit content and share so-called “revenge porn” without consent.

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Malay Mail
Originally published
Jul 30, 2026
Updated here
Aug 15, 2026
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