SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of corrective orders issued for pornographic and prostitution-related content on random chat applications reached an all-time high in 2024, according to newly released government data. Representative Han Min-soo of the Democratic Party, a member of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology, Information Broadcasting and Communications Committee, reported on January [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cabinet meeting on Thursday approved a new bill calling for tougher punishment for digital sex crimes using deepfake technologies. The revision of the sexual crimes punishment law calls for punishing people caught possessing, purchasing, storing or viewing deepfake sexual materials and other fabricated videos with up to three [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Anyone who has been fined for distributing pornography online will be prevented from becoming a government employee for three years, just like other individuals who are convicted of crimes of sexual violence, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Personnel Management announced that a newly revised act on government [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – blogging site Tumblr is facing growing pressure amid reports that it is becoming a sanctuary for illegal content such as prostitution advertisements and revenge porn, with little to no interference from local authorities. According to the official website description, Tumblr is a ‘place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The rate of elementary students exposed to pornography and other adult video content has more than doubled in the past few years, with Internet portals named as the primary channel, a government survey showed Wednesday. In a survey by the gender equality ministry on 15,646 students — ranging from [...]
SEOUL, Dec.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Google has forcibly applied its ‘Safe Search’ pornography blocking program to Korean language sites. According to Google Korea, Google applied the ‘Safe Search’ feature to searches conducted through the Google Korea (https://www.google.co.kr/) portal. Safe Search is a program that automatically excludes inappropriate content such as pornography from search results. The [...]
Seoul, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Operators of a webhard company that lured people in with ‘previews’ and distributed millions of obscene materials have been apprehended by law enforcement agents. Guro Police Station announced that four people, including an individual referred to as ‘Choi’ (31), who ran an internet porn sharing site called ‘S webhard’, and [...]