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Back3.1 million cases of harmful media for youth detected and corrected over 5 years... 746 investigation requests
3.1 million cases of harmful media for youth detected and corrected over 5 years... 746 investigation requests
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3.1 million cases of harmful media for youth detected and corrected over 5 years... 746 investigation requests

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  • Over the past five years, 3.1 million posts harmful to youth were detected online and corrective action was taken, with information related to drugs, gambling, obscenity, and prostitution accounting for 57% of the total.
  • With the number of detections as of August this year already exceeding last year's annual figure, Rep.
  • Lee Ju-hee emphasized the need to expand inspection personnel and strengthen investigation links.

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Why It Matters

Over the past five years, posts harmful to youth have been continuously discovered and corrected online, and information related to drugs, gambling, pornography, and prostitution accounts for more than half of the total.

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It was revealed that over the past five years, 3.1 million online posts harmful to youth were detected and corrective action was taken.

Information related to drugs, gambling, obscenity, and prostitution accounted for more than half of the total, and the number of cases corrected in the first eight months of this year has already exceeded last year's annual volume.

According to data received from the Korea Youth Counseling, Welfare and Development Institute by the office of Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Joo-hee, a member of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee, on the 11th, there were 3,103,034 cases of media harmful to youth detected and corrected through regular monitoring by the Youth Harmful Media Inspection Team from 2022 to August of this year.

By year, it fluctuated repeatedly: 452,296 cases in 2022, 766,470 cases in 2023, 740,066 cases in 2024, 554,132 cases last year, and 590,070 cases as of August this year.

An annual average of 620,607 cases and a daily average of 1,700 cases were corrected. Considering that the inspection team has 118 personnel, each employee has handled 5,259 cases of media harmful to youth per day, or 14 cases per day.

By type of harmful media, drugs and gambling accounted for the largest share with 889,952 cases (28.7%), followed by pornography and prostitution with 883,920 cases (28.5%).

This was followed by harmful businesses (476,487 cases, 15.4%), counterfeit and illegal finance (420,769 cases, 13.6%), harmful drugs, etc. (237,682 cases, 7.7%), sensationalism, etc. (181,815 cases, 5.9%), and others (12,409 cases, 0.4%).

The inspection team requested the police to investigate 746 of these cases, and requested the Korea Media and Communications Standards Commission to review, delete, or block 1,942 cases.

The inspection team plans to continue regular monitoring to improve the harmful environment for youth, while strengthening inspection of new platforms and harmful information.

Rep. Lee Joo-hee emphasized, "To protect young people from harmful media, which is increasing so rapidly that the number of cases detected until August of this year alone exceeds the total of last year, effective countermeasures, such as expanding inspection personnel and strengthening investigation links, must be thoroughly prepared."

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • A bill related to the expansion of manpower for the inspection team of media harmful to youth will be discussed in the National Assembly.

    Likely · Within months

  • Requests for review and deletion of harmful information to the Broadcasting Media and Communications Standards Commission will increase.

    Very likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • What is the specific budget plan for expanding inspection personnel?
  • How will a cooperation mechanism with the police be established to strengthen investigation links?
  • Are there technical standards in place for checking harmful information on new platforms?

Related Topics

Media harmful to youth
PeopleLee Joo-heeJunseok Hong
OrganizationsDemocratic Party of KoreaYonhap NewsKorea Youth Counseling and Welfare Development InstituteBroadcasting Media and Communications Deliberation Committee
PlacesSeoul
Topicsdrugsgamblinglewdprostitutioninspection teamLee Joo-hee
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