"‘No Interest’ Selected but Still Appearing"... Surge in Sensational YouTube Live Broadcasts
Broadcasting Usually Unrelated to Algorithms
Government Lacks Monitoring and Supervision System
“Soju one glass 10,000 won,” “Cigarette 10,000 won,” “Sexy dance 50,000 won.” Han Mo, a 47-year-old office worker, experienced unpleasant live broadcasts continuously appearing on YouTube. Despite pressing the ‘Not interested’ and ‘Report’ buttons for the videos, it was to no avail. Han said, “Even my sixth-grade child sees drinking broadcasts,” and lamented, “Is there no way to prevent them from appearing?”
Employees are arriving at work at the Korea Communications Commission.
Photo by Jo Yongjun
Recently, users’ complaints have erupted as provocative YouTube live broadcasts are indiscriminately exposed. Experts pointed out the need to supplement the legal basis and monitoring and supervision systems to regulate harmful content.
According to the Korea Communications Standards Commission on the 9th, the number of correction requests for legal violations such as YouTube gambling and pornography was 3,564 last year and 2,720 up to June this year. Although the Commission demands review and correction of videos violating laws, live broadcasts are cleverly evading regulation.
In actual live broadcasts, internet broadcasters (BJs) intoxicated with alcohol make statements and perform provocative actions that are streamed in real time. In the chat, high-level comments such as “I imagine you completely naked,” “I’m looking at your body,” and gambling advertisements like “Recharge/exchange 100% guaranteed within 5 minutes. Free casino consultation” appear.
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Experts emphasized the need for flexible and prompt responses. Professor Moon Cheolsu of the Department of Media, Video, Advertising, and Public Relations at Hanshin University said, “Online matters change rapidly every day, but laws follow the phenomena,” and stressed, “Social discussions must take place.” Professor Jeong Ikjung of the Department of Social Welfare at Ewha Womans University said, “Currently, there is no monitoring and supervision system for YouTube one-person media,” and added, “Video platforms should establish systems to filter harmful content on their own.”
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