Deepfake case study · Video
BongBong deepfake (Mar 2025)
American live streamer Johnny Somali (Ramsey Khalid Ismael) was charged with violating South Korea's Special Act on Sexual Violence Crimes due to an AI-generated deepfake video depicting popular Korean streamer…
- Incident date
- Mar 2025
- Target
- BongBong
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
American live streamer Johnny Somali (Ramsey Khalid Ismael) was charged with violating South Korea's Special Act on Sexual Violence Crimes due to an AI-generated deepfake video depicting popular Korean streamer BongBong in fabricated intimate scenes with Somali. This charge carries a mandatory prison sentence of up to seven years.