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The Korea Communications Standards Commission (hereinafter KCSC) announced plans to take strong action in response to the increasing prostitution of youth via chat apps. The KCSC has been actively reviewing information on prostitution and obscenities circulated through chat apps, requesting correction of 2,380 cases in 2018 and 2,384 cases in 2019 so far.

The KCSC conducts concentrated monitoring of prostitution brokers and solicitation on major chat apps so that they do not lead to actual rendezvous for prostitution. The main chat apps with frequent correction requests are monitored for any conversations or contact circulating for prostitution. In addition, they disclosed plans to operate a cooperative system with the policy agency in which requests will be made to investigate on illicit information regarding youth prostitution.

Moreover, the KCSC will work with app store businesses such as Google to implement adult authentication procedures for chat apps in an effort to protect the youth population more effectively.

Sources

Kim, Eun-ji. KCSC focuses on monitoring of chat apps used for youth prostitution. Digital Times (Nov. 4, 2019)

Lee, Han-seung. KCSC focuses on monitoring of chat apps used for youth prostitution. Yonhap News (Nov. 4, 2019)

* Article which is written in Korean is attached in this post as a PDF file.

** Translated: Yonjoo Hong