▲ The Communications Review Subcommittee of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC)
The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) has ordered the blocking of access to 2,030 instances of illegal content circulated via social media, including illegal debt collection posts that expose debtors' personal information and content promoting or soliciting prostitution.
The KCSC Communications Review Subcommittee held a meeting on June 29 and decided to issue corrective orders (blocking access) for 143 illegal debt collection posts that revealed personal details such as debtors' faces, real names, and residential addresses, as well as 1,887 instances of information promoting or soliciting prostitution.
The illegal debt collection posts involved cases where illegal private lenders misused photos and handwritten promissory notes obtained during the loan process to publicly expose the debtors' personal information on social media.
The investigation revealed that some lenders provided short-term, small-sum loans of 400,000 KRW while forcing borrowers to sign promissory notes agreeing to public debt collection via social media in the event of a default.
When payments were subsequently missed, the lenders posted the debtors' faces and real names on social media.
Furthermore, cases were identified where lenders subjected debtors to sexual and personal insults by revealing their photos, names, and addresses, and even posted photos of the debtors' acquaintances.
In addition, the KCSC blocked 1,887 instances of content using slang terms such as "jg" (short for conditional) and "gd" (short for simple) to suggest prostitution, offer prices and locations, or solicit and induce prostitution via direct messages (DM).
Among these, 250 instances were confirmed to be prostitution solicitation targeting minors.
In particular, some posts were found to have approached minors by offering to purchase cigarettes for them before inducing them into prostitution.
The KCSC explained that it is strengthening efforts to block the distribution of such content, having issued corrective orders for 72,401 instances of prostitution-related information and implemented self-regulatory measures for 52,360 instances over the past three years.
The KCSC stated, "The methods used to lure minors into prostitution are becoming increasingly sophisticated," adding, "We will continue to monitor social media to ensure it is not misused as a channel for prostitution and will respond with a zero-tolerance policy toward deceptive information that exploits the vulnerabilities of minors."
(Photo: Provided by KCSC, Yonhap News)
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