Police Promote Advancement of 'Cyber Illegal Information Response System'... Rapid Response to Secondary Damage

Improved Convenience with Automatic Post Information Entry
Tracking, Blocking, and Deleting Digital Sexual Crime Victim Videos

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The police have begun upgrading the 'Illegal Filming Material Tracking System' to protect victims of digital sex crimes. The aim is to quickly locate, block, and delete illegal filming materials distributed online and prevent secondary damage.

According to the Police Agency and the Public Procurement Service's Nara Marketplace on the 21st, the police recently commissioned a project for the 'Cyber Illegal Information Response Cooperation System Upgrade.' Since the second half of 2018, the police have been developing and operating the Illegal Filming Material Tracking System. This system automatically detects illegal filming materials distributed on pornographic sites, social networking services (SNS), and web hard drives, then swiftly deletes and blocks them in coordination with the Korea Communications Standards Commission. Notably, in July last year, the police signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and have been actively sharing this system with the Ministry's 'Digital Sex Crime Victim Support Center' to prevent secondary harm.

The existing system required police officers to manually input post information and verify whether individual internet addresses (URLs) had been previously reported or accessed before processing, causing procedural inconveniences. Additionally, if a URL was inaccessible for more than five seconds, it was considered a non-accessible site, making deletion and blocking requests impossible. It was also difficult to provide detailed precautions when related agencies jointly using the system reported content.

Through this upgrade project, the police plan to significantly improve system usability. The system will automatically collect site attribute information such as post titles, posting dates, and posters, and add a function to pre-register multiple URLs and automatically select targets for reporting. Furthermore, sites that were previously inaccessible due to connection delays will now be allowed for deletion and blocking requests, and unapproved deletion/blocking request lists will be viewable for systematic management. A police official stated, "Through this upgrade project, we will delete and block various harmful videos distributed online more quickly and further strengthen victim protection." The number of digital sex crime victim videos deleted last year averaged 8,213 per month.

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