Statistical Data
August 2007
Updated date: Feb. 8th.2008

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1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
8,824 
2. Total Number of Analyzed Reports
 The total number of reports which analysts at the center analyzed by standing on the operational guideline.
  Domestic Overseas     Total    
Illegal Information 686 279   815
Harmful Information 139 131   178
Other - -   5,816
Total 825 410   9,331

2-1. Illegal Information
Analyzed results
Details of reports which analysts at the center judged illegal.
Illegal Information   Domestic    Overseas       Total     
Displaying obscene materials 273  210  483 
Displaying child pornography 197 68 265
Advertisement of prostitution 1 0 1
Violation of dating sites regulation 10 0 10
Drug related information 98 0 98
Invitation of buy and sell on bank account 68 1 69
Anonymous rental or without notice transfer of mobile phone 39 0 39
Total 686 279 965
Graph (illegal info)

Processed results
Reports to Police
 Reports which are judged as illegal are at first sent to Police except overseas matters. Some of reported content have been deleted before forwarding.
Illegal information Self deletion
before
reporting
 Report  to 
Police
Displaying obscene materials 59 214
Displaying child pornography 57 140
Advertisement of prostitution 1 0
Violation of dating sites regulation 0 10
Drug related information 11 87
Invitation of buy and sell on bank account 6 62
Anonymous rental or without notice transfer of mobile phone 3 36
Total 137 549
 
Requests deletion of content to server administrators
Reports which were judged as illegal are at first sent to Police except overseas matters. Then they are sent to administrators of servers to request deletion of content unless police stops forwarding for investigation and preservation of evidence. Some of reported content have been deleted before forwarding.
Illegal information Police stops
 forwarding 
Self deletion
before
reporting
Request to
server
administrators
Displaying obscene materials 5 32  177
Displaying child pornography 13 12 115 
Advertisement of prostitution 0 0 0
Violation of dating regulation 1 0 9
Drug related information 87 0 0
Invitation of buy and sell on bank account 0 3 59
Anonymous rental or without notice transfer of mobile phone 0 3 33
Total 106 50 393

Reports to other hotline from the Internet Hotline center
Reports which were judged as illegal,which was administrated and hosted in a foreign country, the Internet Hotline Center forwards the reports to a hotline in the country through the INHOPE network. Some of reported content have been deleted before forwarding.
Illegal Information Report to
hotlines
Displaying obscene materials
Displaying child pornography 42
Total 45


2-2. Harmful Information (for public safety and social order)
Analyzed results
Requests deletion of content to server administrators
Details of reports which analysts at the center judged harmful for public safety and social order.
Harmful Information   Domestic    Overseas       Total     
Information which directly and explicitly contracts, mediates or invites for illegal conducts 129 128  257 
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 4 2 6
Information related to suicide invitation to other 6 1 7
Total 139 131 270
Graph (harmful info)

Processed results
Requests deletion of content to server administrators

For reports which were judged harmful, the center requests deletion of content to server administrators by standing on their contract with users except overseas matters.

*Reports which were judged as harmful are sent to administrators of servers to request deletion of content unless the report contained illegal information and police stops forwarding for investigation and preservation of evidence. Some of reported content have been deleted before forwarding.

Harmful Information Police stops
forwarding
Self deletion
before
 reporting 
Request to
server
administrators
Information which directly and explicitly contracts, mediates or invites for illegal conducts 12  15 102
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 0 1 3
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 2 4
Total 12 18 109


2-3. Reports which are out of scope in the guideline
Details of the number of reports which analysts at the center judged they are not applicable to illegal or harmful. For those reports the center basically does nothing. However, information on infringement of intellectual properties and privacy disclosure has been offered to related organizations and information on human life safety such as notice of demolition and notice of murder has been sent to police.
Out of scope in the guideline     Reports     Transferred to
Responsible
organizations
Defamation, slander 16 0
Notice of murder, notice of explosion 19 1
Infringement of intellectual properties 92 75
Cartoon or animation sexually depicted with children 16 16
Inappropriate information for children 3,761 -
Other 4,192 -
total 8,096 92




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