President Lee Jae-myung: 'We Will Completely Eradicate the Distribution of Illicitly Filmed Content'

President Lee Jae-myung has promised to "completely eradicate the distribution of illicitly filmed content," stating, "We will ensure that such shameless crimes, which trample upon the character and dignity of others for financial gain, can no longer find a foothold in South Korea."

Taking to his social media today (August 20), President Lee introduced, "The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (and Broadcasting Media Communications Commission), and the National Police Agency jointly conducted an in-depth analysis of illegal websites and formulated an integrated response strategy against illegal sites based on these findings."

He emphasized, "We will now shift our approach. Rather than stopping at the deletion of posts, we will cut off the structural cycle that allows these crimes to repeat."

He added, "We will fully transition our response toward fundamentally neutralizing websites that distribute illicitly filmed content and blocking the entire process of distribution and propagation."

The government has previously provided support for the deletion of illicitly filmed content at the request of victims; however, the existing approach proved insufficient to prevent non-compliance with deletion requests, the re-uploading of videos, or perpetrators moving to new sites to repost the material.

President Lee warned, "There will be no exceptions whatsoever. Even if they hide with servers overseas to evade the investigative net, we will mobilize all available means and capabilities to track them down to the end and hold them strictly accountable under the law."

Previously, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Korea Communications and Media Commission, and the National Police Agency announced an 'integrated response plan against illegal sites' that would allow for punishment simply for operating a distribution site even without directly producing illicitly filmed content, while also permitting investigative authorities to use hacking methods to delete sexually exploitative materials and gather evidence.

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