The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) noted on the 14th that the number of correction requests for obscene and prostitution information last year was 81,755, an increase of about 50% compared to the previous year.
In the past five years, the number of correction requests has shown a continuous increase: 49,052 in 2020, 29,512 in 2021, 46,195 in 2022, 54,429 in 2023, and 81,755 in 2024.
The number of correction requests for obscene information was 38,044, reflecting an increase of about 60% compared to the previous year (23,502). Active responses to explicit depictions of sexual acts distributed on webhard and overseas server-based sites were analyzed as a major factor.
The number of correction requests for prostitution information also rose to 43,711, about a 41% increase from the previous year's 30,927. The KCSC explained that this result came from focused monitoring of posts inducing prostitution containing sexual acts and compensation phrases on global platforms and random chat services.