"Let's get rid of it?"... Avoiding graduation albums due to fear of deepfake.

[Anchor]
Deepfake sex crimes using teacher or student photos have continued, raising concerns at school sites ahead of the graduation season.

Teachers are reluctant to take graduation album photos because one photo can cause a lot of damage.

I'm reporter Namgung Hyung-jin of HCN Chungbuk Broadcasting.

[Reporter]
Deepfake video you can make with just one picture of your face.

This year, high school and middle school students were found to have produced sex crime compounds in Chungbuk, causing controversy.

Teachers are reluctant to the yearbook with their faces and names revealed.

[Chungbuk Regional Teacher: Not only children use this, but there is also a growing anxiety that the things in the yearbook can be used by unspecified adults or people who want to abuse it separately.]

In fact, according to a survey of 3,537 teachers at elementary, middle and high schools nationwide by the Korea Federation of Teachers' Associations, 93.1% expressed concern about deepfake crimes using graduation album photos, and 12.5% said they did not take possible photos with students in school life.

In addition, 67.2% said they should not produce a yearbook, which was more than twice as high as 32.8% said they should produce a yearbook.

The teachers' organization emphasized that school and family education and students' awareness of the seriousness of deepfake crimes should be made.

[Kim Young-sik / North Chungcheong Provincial Teachers' Association: As the possibility of these deep-fake crimes in more diverse forms is growing with technological advancement, this is not only a part of the bill, but also a part of the society where all members of education work together to prevent and actively deal with them....]

The reality that deepfake crimes, which are becoming increasingly serious, even take away good memories of teachers and students is adding bitterness.

I'm Namgung Hyungjin from HCN News.