Today (31st), the Communications Deliberation Subcommittee of the Korea Communications Standards Commission urgently reviewed 11 photos and videos that exposed irritating scenes related to the Itaewon accident without filtration and requested corrections to be deleted or blocked.
This is the first deliberation and decision on the videos and photos related to the Itaewon disaster, and the vigilante committee has put it on the urgent agenda of the day in consideration of the urgency of the matter.
All members of the committee in attendance agreed that the 11 videos or photos violated the 'Deliberation Regulations on Information and Communication' as they were cruel or disgusting by realistically and concretely expressing physical and mental pain.
According to Article 8 (2) of the relevant regulation, distribution of 'contents that are cruel or disgusting by realistically and concretely expressing physical or mental pain, etc. to people or animals' is prohibited.
The vigilante committee said it plans to continuously monitor the shocking and provocative information that is distributed indiscriminately using rapid propagation or information that promotes prejudice against victims with unconfirmed content.
"Active self-cleaning activities are required by businesses and users to prevent secondary damage to the deceased and their families," he said. I will do it,” he added.
Previously, the vigilante committee had decided that Naver, Kakao, Google (including YouTube), and Meta (Facebook,
In addition, we asked broadcasters such as terrestrial broadcasters, general programming channels and news channels to abide by the regulations on broadcast deliberation related to disaster broadcasting.
The regulations include information on providing accurate information and protecting the human rights of victims and their families.