Attracting minors in 'open chat rooms'... Can you report up to 5 cases?

<Anchor>

This is the order of finding ways to protect our future children from violence and crime.

Today (30th), let's take a look at sex crimes through social media that are getting more and more serious.

We will read the reports of reporters Jeong-eun Shin and Se-won Park, who covered the actual situation and problems first, and then continue the story.

<Reporter Jeong-eun Shin> This is

an 'open chat room' where anyone with a KakaoTalk account can participate anonymously.

[I made it right away in less than a minute and got a message right away?]

A chat room opened 3 hours before filming.

[Nearly 10 people contacted me.] When I asked, '

Did you have lunch?', he said sexual words at first,

[I did not understand, so I asked again, 'I am very excited right now.' ] Even if I

repeatedly say that I am a 14-year-old minor, I continue to make sexual harassment comments.

[I want to show you a movie.

But even if I show you a movie, I think my eyes will be on my pants.]

There were people who said that it was a 'mission play' and wanted to exchange photos with a certain pose, or to meet right away saying they would buy me chicken.

New chats kept coming in last night, and even though I was informed that I was a minor, there was a person who was constantly demanding sexual encounters, so I'll go see them in person.

A man in his 30s who knows how to talk to a teenage girl.

They ask you to come in school uniform and give detailed instructions on how to use public transportation.

Now, I have been to Namyangju for over an hour to say, 'Come to the town where you live', but this time, you said, 'Take a taxi from the station to

your house,' so I think I will have to move again.]

After sending it, a man, who is believed to be the same person as his profile picture, appeared at the meeting place and is standing around.

[A man in his 30s, Mr. A: (Let me ask you something. He is the person who has been talking in the open chat room right now. You are Mr. ○○, right?) Who are you talking about…

.]

He pretends not to know and walks quickly, avoiding the reporters.

[Man in his 30s, Mr. A: (You said you met two people in an open chat room with minors...) Oh, be really quiet.

I'm going.]

He says he didn't know it was illegal to induce minors to produce sexual exploits.

[Man in his 30s, Mr. A: (You kept asking for pictures of your breasts and didn't know anything about illegal things?) Yes, I didn't know.

(You didn't know?) Yes.]

A man in his 20s who said she was a 13-year-old girl and offered to drive him.

The man also said, 'Let's meet in the car and kiss.'

He found the car number given at the meeting place and opened the door, but he denied it at first,

[Mr.

(It's number XXXX. Black number XXXX.)]

I admit it late.

[Man in his 20s, Mr. B: (You came all the way from Suwon.) Yes.

I'll go at once.

oh why

I'll go.

I'll go.

I didn't do it right, I did it out of curiosity...

.]

The man who hurriedly left blocked the reporter's contact information and left the open chat room.

(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, CG: Kim Jong-un)

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<Reporter Park Se-won>

This is the result of a survey conducted by the Korea Youth Policy Institute last year on teenagers from 5th grade to 3rd grade of high school.

16.3% said they had participated in an open chat room.

Of these, 75.4% said they had received a private message from a stranger.

As you can see, 'online grooming' is called 'online grooming' to induce sexual conversations or behaviors in children and adolescents by approaching them, such as buying chicken.

Starting in September of last year, even if you do not receive a video or meet in person, you will be punished by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than 30 million won even for the conversation itself that induces it.

[Lee Hyun-suk / 'Taktin Tomorrow' Counseling Center Standing Representative: They tell me to take photos of hands and feet and send them.

But even with that alone, there are times when children are nervous and scared, so they listen to what the other person wants.

(The perpetrators) are hunters...

.]

It is also necessary to enable direct reporting of children and adolescents to prevent further harm.

You can block and report the person you are talking to in the Kakao Talk open chat room.

However, the classification of report content is oversimplified.

Also, it is difficult to know whether the report has been successfully received or what actions have been taken since then.

[Lee Chae-won/Student: I think I can get lost.

'Cause it just ends like this

uh?

Is it over?

If you report it, you can dig up another KakaoTalk account and do it again.]

Kakao said that it restricts open chat rooms for the purpose of meeting adults and children and adolescents. It said that it is taking measures such as limiting the use of the service.

The age of users of open chat rooms is getting lower, and online grooming methods are being advanced.

A more active response is required.

(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, Video editing: Park Ji-in, CG: Ban So-hee)

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<Anchor>

Let's talk more with reporter Shin Jeong-eun, who covered this issue.

[Reporter Shin Jeong-eun: Experts emphasize that Kakao should consider the victims more in line with the victims in order to respond to sexual offenses against minors.

Currently, when reporting damage to an open chat room, victims can report up to 5 messages from the perpetrator.

In the case of online grooming targeting children and adolescents, it is difficult to narrow it down to five cases because the damage appears in various forms over a long period of time.

Kakao explained that the reason for not reporting the result of processing the damage report to the person who reported it was for privacy reasons.

Kakao needs to look at whether this is a victim-centered reporting and handling process.]

[Reporter Jeong-eun Shin: Yes, it is worth paying attention to the case of the UK, where there is an organization dedicated to the issue of child sexual exploitation called 'CEOP'.

In addition to this open chat room, there is a dedicated report button for digital sexual exploitation on major sites frequented by teenage students, such as soccer classes and school websites.

If you click the 'Click CEOP' button, you will be directly connected to the site of the dedicated organization.

How to use this report button is documented and announced, and we went through this report process ourselves.

When you click the button, you will be directed to the report window, and the method will be provided in an easy-to-understand manner according to the age and relationship of the complainant.

It also shows examples of harm that students in that age group can experience and tells you how to deal with each.

If you stop in the middle of writing this report, a notification window with a consultation phone number will appear, and if additional measures are needed, such as reporting to the police or damage assistance, you can receive detailed information.]