French authorities request emergency cooperation with South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission on the investigation of Telegram CEO.

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of the popular messenger application Telegram. [AFP],
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, “The Korea Communications Standards Commission revealed on the 29th that it has sent an urgent request for cooperation to French authorities investigating the CEO of Telegram regarding the handling of deepfake sexual crime videos on the platform.”,
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, “The commission explained that it was able to make the request for cooperation through collaboration with global networks related to digital sexual crimes while French authorities are currently investigating Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, who was arrested and detained on the 24th.”,
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, “In a letter signed by Chairman Ryu Hee-rim, the commission requested support for direct communication with Telegram and conveyed additional requests for ongoing cooperation to address Telegram-related issues in the future.”,
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, “The letter explained the serious social damages caused by deepfake sexual crime videos in Korea and emphasized that the main victims of this crime involving 220,000 individuals are minors.”,
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, “The commission expressed its expectation that continued cooperation through various means will be possible now that contact channels with French authorities have been secured.”,
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, “The sending of this letter is a follow-up measure based on the ‘Comprehensive Measures Against Top 10 Deepfake Sexual Crime Videos’ announced the previous day, aiming to secure a hotline with Telegram through gradual steps.”
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