Statistical Data
Jan 2009
Updated date: Apr 13th 2009
1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
8,396
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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 1,154 394 1,548
Harmful Information 360 212 572
Other - - 7,197
Total 1,514 606 9,317

2-1. Illegal Information
Analyzed results
Details of reports which analysts at the center judged illegal.
Illegal Information   Domestic    Overseas       Total     
Publicly displaying obscene materials 381 325 706
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 202 48 250
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 165 0 165
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 108 2 110
Enticement of business accounts business 163 9 172
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 135 10 145
Total 1,154 394 1,548
 

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
Publicly displaying obscene materials 68 313
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 42 160
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 10 155
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances
0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 20 88
Enticement of business accounts business 27 136
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 25 110
Total 192 962
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
Publicly displaying obscene materials 17 50 246
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 14 50 96
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 6 26 123
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 4 3 81
Enticement of business accounts business 4 5 127
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 4 5 101
Total 49 139 774

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
Publicly displaying obscene materials 0
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 38
Total 38


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 358 212 570
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 1 0 1
Information related to suicide invitation to other 1 0 1
Total 360 212 572
 

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 17 105 236
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 0 0 1
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 1 0
Total 17 106 237


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 4 0
Notice of murder, notice of explosion 27 1
Infringement of intellectual properties 98 89
Inappropriate information for children 3,973 -
Other 3,095 0
total 7,197 90


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