Internet hotline gets 14,400 reports of potentially illegal content

The Internet Hotline Center, working in tandem with the National Police Agency, received around 14,400 reports from the public about child pornography and other potentially illegal and harmful content in the first four months after the center's launch June 1, a center official said Saturday.

The center said content included pornographic images, ads for sales of drugs, trading of guns, solicitation of murder contracts and encouragement of suicides. The center alerted the National Police Agency and requested deletions by Internet service providers or site operators over 438 reports.