The whistleblower and reporter who were accused of raising suspicions of "illegal deepfake video production and authoritative election practices" during the People Power Party’s Park Wan-soo’s Gyeongnam governor candidate’s election campaign during the June 3 local elections have been cleared of all charges following a police investigation.
The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit announced on the 14th that they had recently decided not to indict source A and reporter B from a broadcasting company, who were accused of violating the Public Official Election Act (publication of false information and defamation of a candidate) and defamation, citing "no grounds for suspicion."
In late May, the election office of Governor Park Wan-soo’s campaign filed a complaint with the Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office, accusing source A and reporter B of spreading false information. At the time, the campaign argued, "The reports claiming that illegal deepfake videos were produced under the election office’s direction, that there exists a dedicated deepfake team within the campaign, or that current and former provincial government officials handed over materials and directed the production are clearly false."
However, the police, who began investigating the case in June, concluded that it was difficult to definitively label the whistleblower’s report and the media coverage as false. A police official stated, "Based on the submitted...
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