Kakao Entertainment Deletes 270 Million Illegal Webtoons and Web Novels in First Half of the Year

Complete Shutdown of 7 Major Illegal Websites Worldwide

Kakao Entertainment announced on the 13th through the '5th Illegal Distribution Response White Paper' that it deleted a total of 270 million illegal contents in the first half of this year.

Kakao Entertainment 5th Illegal Distribution Response White Paper Key Achievements
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This surpasses the cumulative number of illegal contents blocked from the 1st to the 4th white papers (approximately 230 million). More than 90 operators of 31 illegal sites worldwide were identified, leading to the shutdown of 7 major sites. This achievement not only involved deleting illegal contents but also cutting off the distribution chain by identifying the operators.

In particular, the 5th white paper includes responses based on the 'Illegal Site Operator Identification Technology.' Kakao Entertainment's Illegal Distribution Response Team sent warning messages to illegal site operators to induce voluntary shutdowns, and when that was not successful, they cooperated with local investigative agencies to initiate legal actions. Through this, 7 large-scale illegal sites, including 'Gmanga,' the largest illegal site in the Arabic-speaking world, the second largest illegal site in the Arabic-speaking world, and illegal sites ranked within the top 10 in English-speaking regions, have been completely shut down.

Lee Hojun, head of the Legal Office overseeing Kakao Entertainment's Illegal Distribution Response Team (P.CoK), said, "Based on the operator identification technology that forms the cornerstone of illegal site shutdowns and the cooperative relationships firmly established with domestic and international copyright organizations through our efforts so far, we plan to share more substantial achievements going forward."

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