Statistical Data
April 2009
Updated date: July 10th 2009
1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
11,140
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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 1,209 540 1,749
Harmful Information 240 379 619
Other - - 9,595
Total 1,449 919 11,963

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 376 472 848
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 434 66 500
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 224 0 224
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 65 2 67
Enticement of business accounts business 45 0 45
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 65 0 65
Total 1,209 540 1,749
 

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 49 327
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 101 333
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 30 194
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances
0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 7 58
Enticement of business accounts business 7 38
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 7 58
Total 201 1,008
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 45 73 209
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 8 88 237
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 9 39 146
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 5 8 45
Enticement of business accounts business 8 1 29
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 8 3 47
Total 83 212 713

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 62
Total 65


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 221 373 594
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 13 6 19
Information related to suicide invitation to other 6 0 6
Total 240 379 619
 

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 8 96 117
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 1 9 3
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 0 6
Total 9 105 125


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 49 0
Infringement of intellectual properties 97 84
Inappropriate information for children 4,016 -
Other 5,423 1
total 9,595 85


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