Statistical Data
Sep 2009
Updated date: Dec 15th 2009
1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
12,438
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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 2,498 499 2,997
Harmful Information 189 311 500
Other - - 9,699
Total 2,687 810 13,196

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 1,483 378 1,861
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 276 67 343
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 90 0 90
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 1 1
Advertisement on controlled substances 298 22 320
Enticement of business accounts business 179 16 195
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 172 15 187
Total 2,498 499 2,997
 

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 20 1,463
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 10 266
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 4 86
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances
0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 7 291
Enticement of business accounts business 2 177
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 1 171
Total 44 2,454
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 26 259 1,178
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 67 26 173
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 40 18 28
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 1 28 262
Enticement of business accounts business 1 8 168
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 1 6 164
Total 136 345 1,973

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 5
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 66
Total 71


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 173 311 484
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 12 0 12
Information related to suicide invitation to other 4 0 4
Total 189 311 500

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 9 28 136
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 1 0 11
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 0 4
Total 10 28 151


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 17 0
Notice of murder, notice of explosion 64 0
Infringement of intellectual properties 185 182
Inappropriate information for children 4,894 -
Other 4,539 1
total 9,699 183


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