Statistical Data
Dec 2009
Updated date: Mar 19th 2010
1.Total Number of Received Reports
The total number of received reports
9,512
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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 2,230 434 2,664
Harmful Information 140 220 360
Other - - 7,134
Total 2,370 654 10,158

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 1,298 329 1,627
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 179 63 242
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 1 1
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 79 0 79
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 344 16 360
Enticement of business accounts business 186 10 196
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 144 15 159
Total 2,230 434 2,664
 

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 12 1,286
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 9 170
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 14 65
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances
0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 8 336
Enticement of business accounts business 13 173
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 9 135
Total 65 2,165
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 10 62 1,214
Publicly displaying child sexual abuse image 29 51 90
Advertisement in violation of prostitution prevention law 0 0 0
Enticement in violation of dating site regulation law 9 13 43
Publicly inciting or soliciting others to abuse controlled substances 0 0 0
Advertisement on controlled substances 0 31 305
Enticement of business accounts business 2 40 131
Enticement of anonymous rental or transfer of mobile phone without notice 2 26 107
Total 52 223 1,890

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 58
Total 58


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 135 220 355
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 5 0 5
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 0 0
Total 140 220 360

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 48 79
Information which is difficult to judge illegal but seems to be illegal 0 0 5
Information related to suicide invitation to other 0 0 0
Total 8 48 84


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 12 0
Notice of murder, notice of explosion 14 1
Infringement of intellectual properties 93 84
Inappropriate information for children 3,420 -
Other 3,595 1
total 7,134 86


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