Statistical Data
Feb 2009
Updated date: May 13th 2009
1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
8,592
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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 1,163 394 1,557
Harmful Information 362 264 626
Other - - 7,220
Total 1,525 658 9,403

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 360 316 676
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 356 58 414
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 146 2 148
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 123 2 125
Enticement of business accounts business 93 7 100
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 85 9 94
Total 1,163 394 1,557
 

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 90 270
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 75 281
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 13 133
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances
0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 12 111
Enticement of business accounts business 4 89
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 4 81
Total 198 965
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 1 32 237
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 0 67 214
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 0 24 109
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 1 3 107
Enticement of business accounts business 2 2 85
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 2 1 78
Total 6 129 830

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 3
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 53
Total 56


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 338 264 602
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 20 0 20
Information related to suicide invitation to other 4 0 4
Total 362 264 626
 

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 2 111 225
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 0 13 7
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 1 3
Total 2 125 235


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 13 0
Notice of murder, notice of explosion 54 0
Infringement of intellectual properties 109 98
Inappropriate information for children 3,914 -
Other 3,130 0
total 7,220 98


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