Nakao Announces Public Release of 'Profanity and Slang' Database

Korea Internet Self-Governance Organization Unveils 'KSS' Solution to Restrict Online Profanity and Slang

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] The integrated database (DB) of abusive language and profanity, built by the two major portals Naver and Kakao, has been made public, and it is expected that more platform companies will benefit from its maintenance and management.

The Korea Internet Self-Governance Organization (KISO) announced on the 1st that it has developed ‘KSS,’ which can restrict the exposure of abusive language and profanity on the internet. This is a solution equipped with a real-time detection function to prevent the exposure of abusive language and profanity across various internet services.

Through the ‘Self-Regulation DB Subcommittee’ under its special division, KISO integrated about 600,000 abusive language database entries received from Korea’s leading portals Naver and Kakao. Previously, Naver and Kakao donated their accumulated abusive language DBs to KISO free of charge as part of fostering a healthy internet culture and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management activities.

Based on this, KISO recently completed the development of an application programming interface (API) so that internet service companies can autonomously utilize it for technical protective measures.

Previously, individual companies had to build their own DBs to block abusive language, and continuous maintenance incurred significant costs, making it difficult for small and medium-sized companies to establish similar systems.

Portal companies such as Naver and Kakao have been independently developing and applying AI-based detection and blocking programs to filter abusive language and profanity in comments for several years. Since the introduction of these programs, there has been a self-purification effect, such as a reduction in actual malicious comments.

KSS determines whether language is abusive through data analysis and is designed to filter even modified abusive language if it is included in the DB. KISO plans to continuously monitor and analyze to respond to newly created abusive language in the future.

The official service is scheduled for the first half of next year, with a beta service to be conducted beforehand. Companies wishing to use the service can apply to KISO.

Lee Jae-shin, chairman of the KISO Self-Regulation DB Subcommittee (professor at Chung-Ang University’s Department of Media Communication), said, “Domestic portal member companies are fulfilling their social responsibility to create a safe internet environment by building a joint DB of unethical expressions such as abusive language,” adding, “KISO will continue to prepare various policies to create a healthy digital usage environment and protect users.”

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