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Kojima:

“Since production is ending in 2028, this is about video games, but I grew up with physical media, so I find it really sad. Currently, I’ve been buying up a lot of Blu-rays, such as various movies, and CDs too.”

“The situation is different for games [than movies], as they are downloaded to the hard drive, that means the game data remains on your own hardware. However, if things shift to streaming in the future, that won’t be the case anymore.”

“That’s how movies work on these platforms, right? You don’t download the data, you access it directly through a subscription. And the consequence of that is that you don’t actually possess the data yourself.”

“There are companies that own these servers and let you ‘turn the tap’ for a monthly fee. However, with nations, politics and various ways of thinking, one naturally has to consider the possibility that if there is a change, the data inside will stop being distributed. And if that happens you won’t be able to watch or play the movies and games you like.”

“That is what is frightening. So, what is happening to video games in 2028, might also happen to movies. I’d like everyone to keep that in mind.”

A joint AP and PBS FRONTLINE investigation published June 30, 2026 found that American technology companies and their infrastructure are being directly abused to power massive fraud operations running out of scam compounds in Myanmar. The investigation was built on tens of thousands of leaked scam center files, videos and photos, an analysis of AI misuse conducted with C4ADS, and interviews with 58 scam victims and three dozen current and former scammers from 19 countries. The compounds operate under the protection of armed militias affiliated with the Myanmar military, where trafficking victims who have been rescued reported torture and beatings.

Scammers inside the compounds are trained to build fake romantic identities using AI tools and are given scripts to make victims fall in love within four days before pivoting to cryptocurrency investment fraud, a method that has turned these compounds into a multibillion dollar global fraud industry. Myanmar’s military launched a high profile demolition of KK Park in October 2025, but the crackdown was largely theater, with devices tracked by investigators moving directly from KK Park to a new facility near Hpakalu, Myanmar in January 2026, where operations simply continued. At least 13 of 25 newly identified scam compounds active between March and June 2026 were found using Starlink IP addresses.

AP found no evidence that any of the named U.S. technology companies were doing anything illegal, meaning the story is about infrastructure abuse rather than corporate wrongdoing, but the investigation raises serious questions about whether American tech platforms have adequate controls to prevent their tools from being weaponized by sanctioned entities running slave labor fraud operations. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army in November 2025 for supporting the compounds, but the scam operations have continued expanding. The investigation is part of an ongoing AP and FRONTLINE collaboration that includes an upcoming PBS documentary.