AI Fake Doctor Warning...Korean Medical Association Receives Illegal Online Advertising Report
Sep 19, 2025
The Korean Medical Association (Chairman Kim Taek-woo) informed its affiliated organizations on the 19th 'Reporting Illegal Online Advertisements' to actively respond to the growing number of online health functional foods and general food advertisements that impersonate doctors or misidentify product descriptors' professional qualifications.
According to the data released by Rep. Lee Ju-young's office of the New Reform Party in September 2024, a total of 160,104 false and unfair advertisements were detected, including 104,243 cases of drugs, 21,278 cases of health functional foods, 25,54, and 14,529 cases of cosmetics, and measures such as requesting open markets such as the Korea Communications Standards Commission and Naver and Coupang to block sites have been taken.
Nevertheless, in recent years, fake doctors made with artificial intelligence (AI) recommend specific drugs or advertisements that impersonate and advocate doctors have spread online, causing a lot of controversy.
In response, the Korean Medical Association plans to quickly receive cases of illegal online advertisements, such as AI fake doctors and doctor impersonations, through guidance on illegal online advertisement reports to affiliated organizations and public relations requests, and take legal and administrative measures through fact-checking and determining whether they are illegal. Through this, it plans to help establish a stable treatment environment where both the public and medical personnel can feel safe.
Chairman of the Medical Association Kim Taek-woo said, `We were shocked by the appearance of illegal online advertisements such as fake AI doctors and doctor's offices, and we will prevent damage to the people by receiving illegal online advertisement reports.' Then "Even though the public is experiencing a lot of inconvenience, there is currently no institutional mechanism for these advertisements. We hope that effective measures can be taken as soon as possible as the government and political circles are paying a lot of attention."
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has decided to strengthen the crackdown on illegal online advertising as 'Consumer Deception Act'.
According to the data released by Rep. Lee Ju-young's office of the New Reform Party in September 2024, a total of 160,104 false and unfair advertisements were detected, including 104,243 cases of drugs, 21,278 cases of health functional foods, 25,54, and 14,529 cases of cosmetics, and measures such as requesting open markets such as the Korea Communications Standards Commission and Naver and Coupang to block sites have been taken.
Nevertheless, in recent years, fake doctors made with artificial intelligence (AI) recommend specific drugs or advertisements that impersonate and advocate doctors have spread online, causing a lot of controversy.
In response, the Korean Medical Association plans to quickly receive cases of illegal online advertisements, such as AI fake doctors and doctor impersonations, through guidance on illegal online advertisement reports to affiliated organizations and public relations requests, and take legal and administrative measures through fact-checking and determining whether they are illegal. Through this, it plans to help establish a stable treatment environment where both the public and medical personnel can feel safe.
Chairman of the Medical Association Kim Taek-woo said, `We were shocked by the appearance of illegal online advertisements such as fake AI doctors and doctor's offices, and we will prevent damage to the people by receiving illegal online advertisement reports.' Then "Even though the public is experiencing a lot of inconvenience, there is currently no institutional mechanism for these advertisements. We hope that effective measures can be taken as soon as possible as the government and political circles are paying a lot of attention."
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has decided to strengthen the crackdown on illegal online advertising as 'Consumer Deception Act'.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
