Hong Kong should ban deepfake porn to protect victims: NGO and lawmakers
The Education Bureau weighed in on the case on Sunday, saying publicly funded universities had autonomy in how they managed students, while one lawmaker called on authorities to follow South Korea's example by banning the AI-generated pornographic images.
The bureau added that students were adults and responsible for their own behaviour.
'They must also abide by the law, uphold positive values, practice good moral behaviour, and become good citizens with both moral integrity and personal qualities,' a bureau spokeswoman said.
'I believe that the university will deal with the incident seriously according to the established mechanism and actively work on students' moral cultivation.'
A male law student from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been accused of generating pornographic images of dozens of classmates and other women using AI.
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