False articles and deep fakes...Shin Ae-ra and Kim Young-cheol are angry at the spread of false information
Mar 08, 2025
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Kim suffered similar damage. On the 8th, he expressed his unfairness by releasing an image containing a false article on his SNS, saying, `Kim Young-chul, a famous broadcaster, will be deprived of his nationality after admitting the charges.' Kim Young-chul said, `I didn't want to care, but I get messages from all over the place asking 'What's this?' and `I'm tired of spreading irrelevant content, and I don't understand news like that with the name of a newspaper.' He expressed strong displeasure with the spread of false information, asking "It's fake news that has nothing to do with me at all, so please don't believe it."
Recently, fake news targeting stars seems to be spreading rapidly on SNS and YouTube. It has been transformed into various forms, ranging from deepfake videos synthesizing images of celebrities to false investment advertisements and fake crime news, misleading the public. In particular, the damage is becoming more serious as more and more cases of raising the number of clicks or abusing them to promote specific products through fake news.
Industry insiders say the stars are defamatory and traumatised by fake news"Strong measures are needed, such as strengthening legal action."Opinions "Stronger regulations on false information are required at a time when many celebrities, as well as Shin Ae-ra and Kim Young-chul, are suffering from persistent fake news.
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