16% of Students and 9% of Adults Lack Awareness of Issues Even When Watching Hidden Camera or Illegal Videos

KCC to Announce Results of Reality Survey on the 4th

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] Among adults who have witnessed digital sex crimes such as hidden cameras (molka) and illegal videos, about 9%, and among students about 16%, responded that "there is no problem at all," indicating a lack of awareness of the issue.

The Korea Communications Commission announced on the 4th the results of the '2020 Cyberbullying Survey,' conducted on 7,458 people including students, adults, teachers, and parents, which included this information.

The survey results showed that the overall cyberbullying experience rate (perpetration or victimization), including students and adults, was 32.7%, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous year. The perpetration rate was 16.8%, the victimization rate was 29.7%, and the rate of experiencing both perpetration and victimization simultaneously was 13.7%, indicating that most perpetrators also experienced victimization.

The cyberbullying experience rate among students was 22.8%, down 4.2 percentage points from the previous year, but among adults, it rose sharply by 11.1 percentage points to 65.8%, marking the third consecutive year of increase. Among adults, the rate of experiencing both perpetration and victimization simultaneously was 92.4%, showing that perpetration and victimization experiences almost overlapped.

By type, verbal abuse was the most common among both students and adults, while adults also experienced a wide range of cases including defamation, stalking, personal information leaks, and ostracism. Both students and general adults reported verbal abuse as the most frequent case.

Regarding the relationship with the perpetrator, students most frequently answered "a person they do not know at all" (45.8%), while adults most often answered "friends or seniors/juniors" (40.8%). For students, most incidents occurred in anonymous relationships with others, whereas for adults, they occurred in relationships with acquaintances.

Victims responded passively by blocking the other party or deleting their own ID or email (36.6%). Cases where victims directly demanded deletion or an apology from the perpetrator accounted for 29.9%, and reports to the relevant website were 16.7%, which was less frequent.

Respondents most frequently identified one-person creators as the main agents negatively influencing cyberbullying. Among teachers, 91.3% pointed to one-person creators, and among parents, 92.6% did so. There was great concern about the impact on students or children of the abusive language, slander, and provocative expressions encountered through one-person creators on platforms like YouTube.

The proportion of respondents who reported having witnessed digital sex crimes was 29% among adults and 5.7% among students. Among them, 9% of adults and 16% of students responded that digital sex crimes "are not a problem at all," showing that students had a lower awareness of the issue compared to adults.

Based on these survey results, the Korea Communications Commission plans to expand cyberbullying prevention education and produce and distribute a 'Creator Guidebook.' In response to the increased demand for non-face-to-face and remote education, multimedia content that can be used for online education will be developed and distributed.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.