south korea sees record number of spam text messages and calls in first eight months of this year
2024-09-19
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beijing, sept. 18 (xinhua) -- south koreans received a record 280.4 million spam text messages and calls on their mobile phones in the first eight months of this year, despite the government's efforts to curb spam messages and advertisements, data released by the national assembly on monday showed.
on april 19, people read and relax in an open-air library by the cheonggyecheon stream in seoul, south korea. photo by xinhua news agency reporter yao qilinaccording to data submitted to the national assembly by the korea internet and security agency, the number of spam text messages and calls monitored or reported by the cybersecurity agency from january to august increased by 68% compared with the same period last year, according to yonhap news agency. the number of spam text messages and calls reported in 2023 was 295.5 million, which means that the data in the first eight months of this year is about 95% of last year.
the number of spam text messages and calls in south korea has surged in recent years. relevant parties have taken measures to deal with it since the beginning of this year, including formulating stricter regulations on group text messages. according to current laws, once communication service providers discover illegal group text messages or calls on the network, they must take action, such as suspending the communication service of the number, otherwise they may face a fine of up to 30 million won (about 160,000 yuan). (qiao ying)
