If left unattended, even mobile carriers will be fined...Will illegal spam texts disappear? [Anchor Report]

Spam text messages flying all the time, there is no end to blocking the sender every time you receive them.

Yesterday, the government came up with measures to prevent spam texts, so let's take a closer look.

First of all, how many spam texts do you receive every month?

According to a survey by the Korea Internet & Security Agency, the average monthly text spam reception per person as of the second half of last year was 8.91.

The number of cases reported or detected by the authorities alone is 185 million, an 84% increase from the first half.

This year, the number of cases has increased sharply to over 200 million in the first half of the year alone.

The Korea Communications Commission and the Ministry of Science and ICT have announced "comprehensive measures to prevent illegal spam."

The key is to impose spam prevention-related obligations and strengthen punishment on the entire process, from text senders to mobile carriers.

First of all, the text reseller was asked to verify the sending number in advance and block the sending of the text itself if it turned out to be an invalid number.

In the case of mobile carriers, even if they were not directly involved in sending illegal spam, they decided to impose fines if they were admitted to condoning or neglecting them.

I also imposed responsibility on the handset manufacturer,
Since the creation of the
device, the device has been equipped with an anti-spam function that filters spam texts using artificial intelligence.

It's literally a countermeasure to prevent illegal spam, but there's also a concern about how effective it will be.

This is because if the text messaging market is cracked down, illegal spam messages can spread to KakaoTalk and Telegram due to the balloon effect.

The government is in a position to strengthen communication with major platforms, but overseas operators are expected to have difficulty cooperating.

Above all, it is questionable whether institutionalization can proceed properly.

The Korea Communications Commission needs to decide on imposing fines on telecommunications companies, because the Korea Communications Commission is currently operating under a one-man acting system.

It is not only inconvenient, but also illegal spam texts used for crimes, and attention is being paid to whether this measure can be rooted out.