Exposure of obscene and gambling texts to kids’ phones… “Unused numbers should be assigned to children first”

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The Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly is conducting a government audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Aerospace Administration at the Sejong Government Complex on the 8th. 2024.10.08

It was pointed out on the 8th that obscene and gambling texts are being exposed on kids phones released to ensure a safe communication environment for children. There are voices calling for policy consideration by the three telecommunications companies, such as assigning priority to numbers with no history of use for kids’ phones.

People Power Party lawmaker Kim Jang-gyeom, a member of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, said this during a government audit for the Ministry of Science and ICT this afternoon, saying, “There are complaints from parents who exploded with obscene text messages sent to kids’ phones.”

According to a case disclosed by Representative Kim, a romantic scam text message was sent to Kids Phone saying, “I tried to contact you because I wanted to go on a vacation to Seoul, Korea on October 1st, but there was no contact information.”

In addition, it is known that the kids phone purchased to track the child’s movements continued to receive text messages encouraging investment, such as “Ask for a free trial with 30,000 won for the launch of an analysis program in the era of artificial intelligence AI”, and spam text messages saying that bank accounts would be seized.

Rep. Kim said to Lim Bong-ho, head of SKT’s customer division, who appeared at the National Assembly Audit Committee on this day, “Kids phones were created for parents to track their children’s locations and create a safe communication environment, but this seems to be happening as numbers that have been used are assigned. He pointed out, “Kids phones require careful safety consideration.”

He said, “Looking at the status of unused numbers from the three telecommunication companies, there are still some (numbers). We have about 180,000 numbers that have never been used.” He added, “In this era of low birth rates, how precious are children? These unused numbers are given priority. “I would like to propose a plan,” he emphasized.

Business Manager Lim responded, “Based on SKT standards, there are about 50,000 numbers that have not been used and have no history,” and added, “I strongly agree with the congressman’s intention.”

Concerns about spam text messages have been repeatedly raised in the defense department.

Representative Han Min-soo of the Democratic Party of Korea said to Cho Seong-eun, Secretary General of the Korea Communications Commission, during the National Assembly inspection of the Korea Communications Commission the previous day (7th), “After analyzing through the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), the 10 largest reports in the first half of the year are all investment inducements. This morning, “They said they would tell me the upper limit,” he said, adding, “It is said that the maximum number of reports (types) is 2.2 million spam, and it is said that the Korea Communications Office has not taken a single administrative action.”

He went on to say, “If fraudulent companies become a problem like pop-up cafes, they close down the business, change it, and run it again.” He added, “It is a problem that is also connected to the people’s livelihood. People who are deceived by spam are suffering a lot of property damage, and there is also psychological damage,” urging measures to prevent recurrence. did it

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2024-10-09 05:01:43

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