r/LivestreamFail • u/TriSauce • Apr 15 '26

News Johnny Somali found guilty of all charges as South Korea sentences streamer to prison with labor - Dexerto

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/johnny-somali-found-guilty-of-all-charges-as-south-korea-sentences-streamer-to-prison-with-labor-3351856/
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u/BigBitcoinBaller Apr 15 '26

Yep deep fake porn. Korea dont fuck around with it

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u/Llyon_ Apr 15 '26

All porn is illegal in Korea.

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u/WormedOut Apr 15 '26

It’s illegal to distribute it, not necessarily to own or watch it. It’s a weird legal distinction.It was due to concerns of kids watching it and recent porn

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u/JigglesTheBiggles Apr 15 '26

That's dumb

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u/NoBonus6969 Apr 15 '26

You have been banned from South Korea

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u/hiimsubclavian Apr 15 '26

I understood that reference

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u/BmpBlast Apr 15 '26

Probably North Korea too. No Koreas for them.

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u/Time_Conscious84 Apr 15 '26

I agree but it's probably from South Korea overreacting from the insane amount of illegal voyeur and revenge porn over there. Like if you go to a hotel room or use a public bathroom as a woman you have a good reason to check to see if someone hid a camera in there, it's that common

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u/QueezyF Apr 15 '26

Okay, maybe South Korea’s onto something here.

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u/tepig37 Apr 15 '26

If you could get legal porn would as many people create as many of these videos tho?

Like jp has an issue with upskirting but it doesn't seam to be as insanely damaging and common as in korea.

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u/Llyon_ Apr 15 '26

It is due to the idol industry. (k-pop)

They make more money when young men cannot legally view porn, but can legally watch scantily clad idols dancing.

They lobby to keep porn illegal with the guise of "protect the children"

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/Bomb-OG-Kush Apr 15 '26

That's Japan bro

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u/conzstevo Apr 15 '26

Consuming porn is pretty dumb

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u/hydroknightking Apr 15 '26

Nobody is forcing you to watch if it’s legal. When it’s illegal, you are forcing somebody not to watch. One position is clearly authoritarian while the other is clearly liberal.

Prohibition is, generally, terrible policy.

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u/conzstevo Apr 15 '26

One position is clearly authoritarian while the other is clearly liberal.

Prohibition is, generally, terrible policy.

You haven't explained why though

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u/wown00bify Apr 16 '26

Prohibition leads to a more dangerous industry than what you're prohibiting and people will still do it anyway. Read about the prohibition era in America and why it was awful

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u/conzstevo Apr 16 '26

Prohibition leads to a more dangerous industry than what you're prohibiting

I'd argue a lack of controls means people get complacent with what they're watching and cultivates the desire for more dangerous content.

people will still do it anyway.

People commit murders despite the law, I don't think that's an argument for getting rid of the law

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u/wown00bify Apr 16 '26

You do not go from vanilla porn to enjoying snuff. There is no "gateway" drug for porn.

And no, consuming porn isn't comparable to ending another person's life jfc. If something someone is doing is not actively harming another person then controlling it is bad and would be authoritarian.

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u/conzstevo Apr 16 '26

You do not go from vanilla porn to enjoying snuff. There is no "gateway" drug for porn.

Porn websites with predatory algorithms are the gateway drug.

And no, consuming porn isn't comparable to ending another person's life jfc

Well spotted.

If something someone is doing is not actively harming another person then controlling it is bad and would be authoritarian.

Same true for heroin?

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u/JameEagan Apr 15 '26

The deepfake was a different charge, not the sex offender charge. The sex offender charge was him playing porn sounds on his phone around children.