Statistical Data
October 2007
Updated date: Feb. 18th.2008

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1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
8,710
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 464 334   798
Harmful Information 141 131   272
Other - -   8,048
Total 605 465   9,118

2-1. Illegal Information
Analyzed results
Details of reports which analysts at the center judged illegal.
Illegal Information   Domestic    Overseas       Total     
Displaying obscene materials 223 282 505
Displaying child pornography 78 52 130
Advertisement of prostitution 1 0 1
Violation of dating sites regulation 16 0 16
Drug related information 53 0 53
Invitation of buy and sell on bank account 49 0 49
Anonymous rental or without notice transfer of mobile phone 44 0 44
Total 464 334 798
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 30 193
Displaying child pornography 11 67
Advertisement of prostitution 0 1
Violation of dating sites regulation 1 15
Drug related information 1 52
Invitation of buy and sell on bank account 1 48
Anonymous rental or without notice transfer of mobile phone 0 44
Total 44 420
 
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 20 15 158
Displaying child pornography 20 3 44
Advertisement of prostitution 0 0 1
Violation of dating regulation 2 1 12
Drug related information 48 0 4
Invitation of buy and sell on bank account 0 0 48
Anonymous rental or without notice transfer of mobile phone 0 0 44
Total 90 19 311

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 6
Displaying child pornography 41
Total 47


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 125 131 256
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 3 0 3
Information related to suicide invitation to other 13 0 13
Total 141 131 272
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 20 20 85
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 0 0 3
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 1 12
Total 20 21 100


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 10 0
Notice of murder, notice of explosion 25 1
Infringement of intellectual properties 89 40
Cartoon or animation sexually depicted with children 16 16
Inappropriate information for children 3,837 -
Other 4,071 -
total 8,048 57




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