Many youths in Seoul answered that they had received messages or requests for conversation from strangers online, such as on social media.
According to the results of a digital sex crime investigation conducted last month by the Seoul city of 1,607 elementary, middle and high school students, 36% of them answered that they had received messages or requests for conversation from strangers through messenger or social media. .
The survey was conducted by Seoul Metropolitan Government and Taktin Tomorrow with the cooperation of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to survey students from the 5th grade to the 3rd grade of high school.
The majority of the peers who spoke to the students were 14-16 years old (45%), 17-19 years old (43%) in that order.
As for messages and conversations, the most demanded'Please tell me personal information such as age and mobile phone number' (23%), but the proposal of'I will make it easier to earn pocket money' (10%) or'photo of the body part' There were also requests to take pictures and send' (6%) and'sell photos or videos' (6%).
Among the youth who received this request, 64% of the respondents said that they had actually given out personal information.
In addition, 5% of students have experienced harm from people they know online.
The biggest type of damage was the threat of'I will inform social media and my family and friends about the bad' (56%).
In particular, 17% of them were coerced or threatened to send photos of their bodies or videos of sexual behavior, and 6% of them actually sent photos or videos because they could not overcome the threats.
When the results of this survey came out, the city of Seoul decided to reinforce education on the risk of providing personal information and online grooming (a method of sexually exploiting after forming a psychological relationship), and to establish an anonymous report and consultation counter for Kakao Talk I did.
In this regard, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is holding the'International Symposium on Current Status and Response to Digital Sex Crimes for Children and Youth', which is broadcast live on the Seoul City YouTube channel at 2 pm on the 14th.
This is an event that seeks solutions to digital sex crimes and international cooperation. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), companies, and organizations from five countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and China participate.