A Chinese student in South Korea was sentenced to one year and six months in prison by a lower court on Sep. 10 for allegedly using deepfake technology to produce more than 1,000 obscene pornographic materials, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The fifth single-judge bench of the Seoul Northern District Court's criminal division handed down the sentence to the Chinese national, identified only as A (30), on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes. The court also ordered A to complete 40 hours of sexual violence prevention education and banned him from employment at child and youth-related facilities and welfare facilities for the disabled for the next five years.
A was accused of using artificial intelligence to synthesize the faces of seven victims, including lab colleagues, onto obscene videos and photos, producing 1,141 pornographic materials since November last year. Prosecutors had sought a three-year prison term and requested that the court order the disclosure of the defendant's identity and require him to undergo sexual violence prevention education.
In explaining the sentence, the court said the nature of the crime was egregious, the defendant had failed to obtain forgiveness from the victims, and the culpability was significant. However, it took into consideration as mitigating factors that the defendant had pleaded guilty and shown remorse, had no prior criminal record, and there was no evidence that the videos had been circulated.
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