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When there was an accident in Itaewon, videos and photos from the scene spread indiscriminately through social media, so many people say that even though they were not at the scene that day, there are still many people who say that the psychological shock is great.
The authorities are removing the reported video or blocking access, but there are limitations.
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon pointed this out.
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On the day of the Itaewon disaster, videos and photos taken immediately after the accident and overnight were uploaded online, such as on social media, in real time.
If you inadvertently come across this kind of material that is still floating around, the impact will not be easily forgotten.
[Kim Jeong-hoon: The fact that a person died and the scene was uploaded raw without any mosaic or processing, so I haven't seen anything other than news material screens since then.]
[Park Seo-jung: I think all my friends were shocked too.
A lot of things that weren't mosaiced were uploaded.
That's why people die and filming them...
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Experts point out that even if you do not witness the scene yourself, you can get 'victim trauma' if you are exposed to the naked video several times indirectly.
He warned that the more severe the symptoms, the greater the risk of leading to other diseases.
[Baek Jong-woo/Professor of Psychiatry, Kyunghee University Hospital: If people with existing post-traumatic stress disorder get worse in this situation, they may develop into a new anxiety disorder, depression, or adjustment disorder, such as diseases.]
Due to these side effects, the Korea Communications Standards Commission found 220 online photos and video posts that exposed the site of the recent disaster through self-monitoring, and deleted or blocked access.
We plan to take action as soon as possible on the 215 complaints about deletion of videos and photos received by the vigilante committee.
However, overseas platforms, including YouTube, have to go through international cooperation, so it is difficult to take prompt action.
Experts criticized platform companies for lack of systems or standards to voluntarily delete videos or photos related to the disaster.
[Sim Min-young / National Trauma Division Manager of the National Mental Health Center: Even if information is delivered, how to purify it, to what extent resolution or blurring (blurring) will be done now? I'll need some, going through this...
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Above all, it seems necessary for platform users to refrain from indiscriminately distributing or sharing videos or photos related to the disaster.
(Video coverage: Jeon Gyeong-bae, Cho Chang-hyeon, video editing: Park Ki-duk)