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| Ko Young-wook was released from Seoul Southern Prison in 2015. Sports Chosun DB |
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Ko Young-wook, a former member of the group Lula, who was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting minors, has opened a YouTube channel, drawing criticism. In addition, complaints about YouTube, which allowed the opening of the channel, are also popping up.
Ko Young-wook announced the opening of his YouTube channel through his X (formerly Twitter) on the 5th. "I lived a life of shame."I feel like I'm getting old at home complaining, so I start YouTube rambling to get out of my lethargic daily life. "
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| Ko Young-wook opened a YouTube channel. Screen Capture |
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The name of the YouTube channel released by Ko Young-wook is 'Go! Young-wook'. On this channel, there is a video titled 'Fresh' on this day. The video showed his dog and his past photos as Ko Young-wook's song played.
As of 8 p.m. on the 6th, the video exceeded about 95,000 times. Considering that the number of views was about 2,700 this morning, there is a high possibility that the video will surpass 100,000 views within a day after it was released. The channel has more than 2,000 subscribers, which is also a record achieved in less than a day. However, the comment window has been blocked, and the number of comments cannot be checked.
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| Ko Young-wook was released from Seoul Southern Prison in 2015. Sports Chosun DB |
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Netizens are giving a cold look to this. It is pointed out that sex offenders are shameless in that they have started YouTube. Some speculate that Ko Young-wook, who does not have a proper income, may have been aiming for YouTube profits by using his fame.
There is also a lot of bitter criticism about YouTube and its subsidiary Google, which do not have any regulations on criminals creating YouTube channels. Criminals' activities on platforms such as YouTube can cause problems contrary to social morality, and critics say that criminal acts can be glorified and negatively affect society.
In particular, Ko Young-wook is known as a public figure, and he can attract public attention due to curiosity. When such a person produces content on a platform such as YouTube, the impact is estimated as much as the mass media. There are many voices that YouTube and Google should also approach and have a sense of social responsibility to make content and earn profits by famous criminals.
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| Ko Young-wook was released from Seoul Southern Prison in 2015. Sports Chosun DB |
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Prior to YouTube, the operation of the X account was also pointed out. X is a social media platform operated by Twitter Inc. in the United States, and Ko Young-wook announced the opening of YouTube through X. However, X mainly posts and shares short texts or images, which is said to have a relatively narrow user type compared to YouTube. In other words, YouTube has more diverse age groups and users with interests than X.
Earlier, Instagram, a social media platform run by Meta (formerly Facebook), deleted Ko Young-wook's account. Ko Young-wook posted a message on Instagram in November 2020 saying, "I want to communicate with the world."I tried to return, leaving a message, but my account was deleted within a day.
Instagram follows the rule 'A convicted sex offender cannot use Instagram' At that time, Instagram reportedly deleted Ko Young-wook's account after a series of related reports.
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| Ko Young-wook was released from Seoul Southern Prison in 2015. Sports Chosun DB |
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Ko Young-wook was accused of sexually assaulting A (13 years old at the time) twice in 2010 and sexually harassing B (17 years old at the time). In December 2012, she was also accused of sexually harassing a female middle school student C (14 years old at the time) who was returning home in a car. For more than two years from July 2010, three minors were forcibly molested and sexually assaulted. In 2013, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, three years in electronic devices, and five years in personal information disclosure, served two and a half years in prison, and was released from prison in 2015 wearing an electronic anklet. It was recorded as the first celebrity to wear an electronic anklet.
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