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Telecommunications & Media
42 percent of teens, 16 percent of adults experience cyber violence
A survey found 42.3 percent of South Korean teenagers and 15.8 percent of adults have experienced cyber violence. Among respondents, 89.4 percent of teens and 87.6 percent of adults agreed that cyber violence abusing generative AI is serious. The survey of 16,817 people was conducted from September to early November last year. Text and instant messages were the most common channel. The commission plans to expand digital ethics education for adults and strengthen deepfake and generative AI ethics education for youths.
AI & Enterprise
NIA seeks schools for 2026 digital ethics education programme
South Korea\'s National Information Society Agency (NIA) is recruiting kindergartens and primary, middle and high schools that want digital ethics education in 2026, it said on Monday. NIA has promoted digital ethics education with the Korea Communications Commission to strengthen the public\'s ability to respond to digital harm and foster healthy digital use. It plans to cover about 1,800 schools and 100,000 people with free, tailored programmes.
Telecommunications & Media
Broadcasting Media Communications Committee hosts Digital Ethics Golden Bell final for primary students
The Broadcasting Media Communications Committee and the National Information Society Agency held the 2025 Digital Ethics Golden Bell final in Seoul on Dec. 6 for primary school students from 17 regions. Fifty-one students advanced to the final after preliminary rounds. Sixth-grader Jeong-an Oh won the top award, while two sixth-graders, Ha-won Yang and Do-hyun Lee, received excellence awards. A talk event with online creator Syuperman was held before the final. A government official stressed the importance of early digital ethics education.