Over 85 percent of websites that use or produce deepfake pornography generated by artificial intelligence are still accessible to the public, despite government requests that such illegal content be blocked.

According to the Board of Audit and Inspection(BAI) on Monday, it is working with the Korea Media and Communications Commission and asking nine telecommunications providers to block access if they confirm the existence of sites that post explicit deepfake porn content, as a result of reports from victims or investigative agencies.

The state auditor reported that out of 23-thousand-107 porn sites that were required to be blocked in 2024, it examined a random sample of one-thousand of those sites along with three telecom providers and found that 854, or 85-point-four percent, were connected to one to three communication networks.

Among them, 20 percent were not even listed on the carrier’s connection blocking system.

Although 681 sites were listed on carriers’ access blocking systems, the auditor said access was possible through technologies that route user traffic via domestic and foreign servers to bypass content delivery networks, adding that supplementary measures are needed.