Human rights groups warn that 'digital sex crimes' that expose women's sexual images online are on the rise
With the development of the Internet, harassment of 'exposing images that the other party does not want to be exposed on SNS and bulletin boards' is increasing, and
Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea | HRW
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/06/16/my-life-not-your-porn/digital-sex-crimes-south-korea
South Korea: Internet Sexual Images Ruin Women's Lives | Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/15/south-korea-internet-sexual-images-ruin-womens-lives
South Korea's spy camera epidemic has women fearful they are watched wherever they go --ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-17/spy-cam-sex-crimes-in-south-korea-leave-women-fearful/100214532
Online sex crimes crisis in South Korea affecting all women, report finds | South Korea | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/16/online-sex-crimes-crisis-in-south-korea-affecting-all-women-report-finds
In South Korea, the damage caused by voyeurism by hidden cameras has been a social problem for some time, and there are porn sites where many illegal voyeur videos are released, and there are also criminals who publish voyeur videos by live distribution. Therefore, it is reported that cautious women check hidden cameras when using public facilities.
Hidden camera check is indispensable when using public facilities in South Korea, a developed country of voyeurism --GIGAZINE
Human Rights Watch, a human rights group, conducted a survey on the reality of digital sex crimes in South Korea and released a report on June 16, 2021. Digital sex crimes are crimes involving digital images or videos that are taken with a hidden camera or the like without the consent of the victim, shared with the public without permission, and sometimes forged. In South Korea, sexual images of women are being shared and disseminated online one after another, and there are many cases in which the victims' lives are seriously adversely affected or they are forced to commit suicide.
According to data from the Korea Criminology Institute, the number of indictments related to covert photography was 585 in 2008, accounting for less than 4% of all sexual offenses indicted. However, in 2017, the number of indictments increased 11-fold to 6615, and the percentage of sexual offenses indicted reached 20%. Many of the hidden cameras used for the crime were installed in toilets, changing rooms, hotels, etc., and some criminals make money by selling images and images.
The Human Rights Watch survey interviewed 38 women who were victims of digital sex crimes and conducted online interviews with other victims. 'Digital sex crimes are so common and feared in South Korea that they affect the quality of life of all women and girls,' said Heather Barr, who led the study. ..
An interviewed woman named Choi Ji-eun (pseudonym) was visited by a police officer at midnight in 2018 and was informed that 'a man had been voyeuring a room through a window from a nearby building for two weeks.' It was said that. When police obtained a warrant and investigated the man's electronic equipment, it was found that there were as many as seven women who suffered similar damage. Also, the man was charged with the same charges several years ago, but he was sentenced to a suspended sentence.
Another woman who wanted to remain anonymous was working part-time as a nude model when she was a college student, but quit her job because her boss blatantly requested sexual images. Then, despite the contract that 'photos taken during the model will not be released', more than 700 images have been released on the website. The woman turned to the police for help, but she said she still found images of her online and even thought about suicide.
One day, a woman named Lee Ye-rin (pseudonym) was given a table clock by her married boss. At that time, he didn't realize that his boss wanted a romantic relationship with him, but he realized that he was favored by the escalation of his boss's behavior, and he clearly refused. After a while, my boss said, 'I shouldn't have received the watch if I didn't want to accept it,' so I looked into the watch that was given to me and found that it had a hidden camera. It seems that his boss took a voyeur of Yerin's room for over a month and watched the video sent to his smartphone.
'I cried all night. I couldn't sleep, so I had to take medicine to calm myself,' Yerin said, a year after the incident. He is still suffering from insomnia. The boss was found guilty of voyeurism and sentenced to seven months in prison, but Yerin was interrogated by police officers, such as 'what were you doing in the bedroom when you were voyeurized?' He said it was painful that it was unclear when it would take place.
In addition to the above example, 'I consulted with the police because there was a voyeur image of a woman on my boyfriend's smartphone, but I could not get a lawyer to deal with it, and my ex-boyfriend said,' Defamation, smartphone and cloud storage. If you send a sexual image to someone you met on a chat site with the promise of 'delete it immediately', it will be shared with the chat group without notice. Cases such as 'ta' have been reported.
According to Human Rights Watch, gender inequality has become established in South Korea, making it difficult for women victims of digital sex crimes to file criminal and civil proceedings. Police often refuse to accept victims' complaints, and even if they do, they may treat images insensitively or blame the victims for their faults.
In 2019, 43.5% of digital sex crimes sent to South Korean prosecutors were not prosecuted, which is clearly higher than 27.7% for murders and 19% for robbery. In addition, many courts impose light punishments on criminals, and in 2020, 79% of criminals convicted of voyeurizing their sexual appearance without consent will receive a light punishment such as suspended sentence or fine. It has been. Human Rights Watch pointed out that problems in the judicial system are exacerbated by a shortage of female police officers, prosecutors and judges.
'Digital sex crimes are an urgent crisis for Korean women and girls,' said Lina Yun, senior researcher in Asia at Human Rights Watch. While devastating to women's lives, police have downplayed the case for lack of physical contact and accused it of not understanding the true horror of digital sex crimes.
'If you've seen at least one of these non-consensual images, you can take a screenshot, and you can take a screenshot on any website,' Barr said of the horror of digital sex crimes. Because it can be shared, it can spread out of control, 'he said, adding that victims will continue to be affected by crime for life. The South Korean government argued that more efforts should be made to prevent digital sex crimes.
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