Seung Jaehyun: "I am angry to see life being spent for the joy of others"

Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute of Criminology and Justice Policy
Interview on CBS Radio Kim Hyun-jung's News Show

"What made me so angry was the fact that human lives are being consumed for the joy of others."

Seung Jae-hyun, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute of Criminal Justice Policy, said this on the 10th during an interview with CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' regarding the issue of the DC Inside Depression Gallery. The online caf?, Depression Gallery, has become the focus of suspicion due to an incident where an extreme choice was broadcast live.

Senior Research Fellow Seung explained, "It is one of the sites where malicious people exploit those who are mentally distressed, misuse them for crimes, and incite them to make extreme choices, that is, suicide. While there may be some good aspects, the evil side is even more apparent."

While the Depression Gallery serves as a communication space for the lonely and marginalized, there are also aspects of abuse.

Senior Research Fellow Seung said, "Users within the Depression Gallery are criticizing us. They say, 'No matter what you do, you can't find us. No matter what you do, there's no problem. If this is shut down, we'll just move somewhere else.' There are even posts that disparage and criticize social discourse and media coverage, constituting secondary harm. We have confirmed such posts exist."

Senior Research Fellow Seung emphasized, "Depression and the feeling of being marginalized can feel as heavy as a one-ton weight on a single speck of dust on my shoulder."

He then added the following.

"There is a backstage group of people who manipulated the situation so that the most difficult circumstance, one where a person cannot choose?where their life is thrown away by jumping?could inevitably be broadcast to others... There are cases where the faces or photos of people who made extreme choices are consumed again secondarily. Surely, if a video was recorded, it would have been transferred to other sites and consumed by others in this way."

Senior Research Fellow Seung said, "The DC Inside Depression Gallery clearly exists and has caused minors in South Korea to make extreme choices, leading to suicide and jumping to their deaths," adding, "People say we cannot restrict it because of freedom of expression, but I want to ask, is freedom of expression more important than protecting human life?"

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