The Korea Times
With Korea’s local elections just weeks away, campaign rhetoric is reaching a peak. Alongside it, another force is surging just as quickly: fake news. False claims, manipulated images and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes are spreading across social media at a remarkable speed, blurring the line between reality and fabrication. What was once a problem of rumor has evolved into something far more sophisticated and difficult to detect. The problem of misinformation and disinformation has become probably the most serious threat to the health of modern democracies across the world. Especially during elections, a toxic mix of false narratives and AI-generated deepfakes can seriously undermine the integrity of elections. Fabricated videos or audios that depict candidates saying or doing things that never happened can influence votes. They are engineered to spark outrage and spread propaganda, circulating faster than the speed with which fact-checkers can respond. They erode shared reality and harden partisan divides. They are a threat that may put the very legitimacy of dem
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