'Sex Criminals' Ko Young-wook forced the closure of SNS, followed by YouTube'Deletion Ending'
Aug 23, 2024
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As of the 23rd, if you go into Ko Young-wook's YouTube account, the account has been terminated for violating the terms of YouTube serviceOnly the message " remains.
Earlier on the 5th, Ko Young-wook posted on X (formerly Twitter) "I lived a shameful life." I feel like I'm getting really old at home complaining, so I start YouTube rambling to get out of my lethargic daily life. Take care of your health in the heat!," he posted, announcing the opening of a YouTube channel. Later, Ko opened her YouTube channel and registered a video titled 'Fresh' as her first post.
The news of Ko's YouTube opening drew fierce public criticism, but the channel's views rose rapidly.
It easily exceeded 100,000 views in a single day, and in particular, the number of subscribers exceeded 5,000, drawing attention.
In addition, on the 20th, a petition was registered in the National Assembly's petition for public consent titled 「A petition for strong sanctions at the National Assembly for the actions of YouTubers who have been convicted of sex crimes」.
The author "Strong sanctions are needed against those who have been convicted of sex crimes to broadcast to an unspecified number of subscribers on their channels as YouTubers. In addition, I think that with this opportunity, public debate on the basic qualifications of those who operate one-person media platform broadcasting such as YouTube, which replaces the existing mass media, should be made"I explained the reason for writing.
The author said, `The National Assembly strongly petitions YouTube and the basic qualifications of YouTubers engaged in it, especially to impose sanctions on channels operated by those who are seemingly unfit as mass media workers, such as sex crimes, hit-and-runs, unlicensed driving, and assault.' As of the 23rd, the channel has been deleted.
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At the time, Ko Young-wook said "Now I want to live by carefully communicating with the world" and "I will always reflect and live by trying to become a better person," but a few days later, Instagram was shut down.
Ko Young-wook's account closure is in accordance with Instagram's operation policy prohibiting the creation of sex offenders accounts. Instagram posted on its customer center page "A convicted sex offender cannot use Instagram.
If the user confirms that he/she is a sex offender, he/she immediately deactivates the account."
In this regard, Ko Young-wook said "Instagram has been closed. I didn't block the comments, and I set only the people I followed to be designated as comments, and I was going to follow them gradually, but I got a lot of notes, so I was blocked from responding, and after that, I couldn't go on Instagram. I would like to thank those who were interested in it for a while."
Meanwhile, Ko Young-wook was put on trial for sexually assaulting and forcibly harassing three minors four times in his officetel and car in Seoul from July 2010 to December 2012.
The Supreme Court sentenced him to two and a half years in prison in December 2013. It also issued an order to disclose and notify personal information for five years and attach a location tracking electronic device (electronic anklet) for three years.
Since then, Ko Young-wook was released from prison in southern Seoul in 2015 while wearing an electronic anklet, and on July 9, 2018, the period of wearing it expired and the electronic anklet was removed.
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