Government promises to crack down on online sex crimes via deepfakes

Today’s news: The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended travel to Gaza after a vehicle was targeted by the Israeli army, while a temporary truce on vaccinations is being considered. At least 28 dead in Gujarat due to monsoon rains, 30,000 people evacuated. Google wants to open a large data centre in Vietnam.

SOUTH KOREA

The Government and the People’s Power Party (PPP) have agreed Strengthening measures against “deepfake” sexual crimesafter the discovery of a series of such pornographic materials featuring young women, spread via messaging apps such as Telegram, sparked public outrage. Both sides have agreed to create a hotline, adopt legislative measures to increase the maximum prison sentence.

Gaza – Israel

The World Food Programme (WFP) announced a pause in the movement of its employees in the Gaza Strip “until further notice” after one of its vehicles was hit by gunfire just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening as the vehicle approached the Wadi Gaza Bridge checkpoint. In the meantime, Israel is reportedly opening up to the possibility of a temporary truce in the Strip to facilitate the vaccination of children against polio.

CHINA-UNITED STATES

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. National Security Adviser Kim Jong Un in Beijing today. Jake Sullivanin talks that could pave the way for a long-awaited third summit between the Chinese leader and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden. Sullivan is the first White House national security adviser to visit the Chinese capital in eight years.

INDIA

Heavy monsoon rains and flooding in the Indian state of Gujarat have caused the death of at least 28 people In the past three days, some have drowned and others have been injured by falling trees, according to government authorities. The overflowing rivers have forced at least 30,000 people to abandon their homes.

VIETNAM

Google is studying building a large data center in Vietnamwhich would be the first such investment by a major US technology company in the Southeast Asian country, an anonymous source at the company told Reuters news agency. Building near Ho Chi Minh City, the economic hub in the south of the country, would be a confidence boost for Vietnam, which has so far failed to attract large foreign capital to data centres due to its fragmented infrastructure, as large technology companies prefer to host their centres in rival countries in the region.

RUSSIA

The decrease in the number of prisoners of war is causing an effect whereby people accused of serious crimes ask to go to the front directly at the time of their judicial sentencing, as in the case of the resident of Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, Vitalij Ormandži, who went to Ukraine after killing his ex-wife, without even passing through the camp.

ARMENIA

The leader of the Armenian opposition movement “Tavowš in the Name of the Homeland,” Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, invited all compatriots to celebrate the Day of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on September 2 by gathering in the courtyard of St. Anne’s Church in Yerevan and addressing the Erablur Military Pantheon and the Artsakh delegation.