The Internet Hotline Center requires Internet service providers to delete a total of 3,379 crime-related information posted online in 2023, about 90% of which are recruitment advertisements. Asian whiteheadsor “dark part-time jobs,” the agency said.
“Yami baito” refers to illegal work that offers extremely high rewards and instigates individuals to commit specific acts, such as shipping or receiving money obtained through fraudulent means.
The number of deletion requests compiled by the National Police Agency and forwarded to the hotline center for further action surged in the second half of last year; before information about yami baito was removed from the Internet, only 148 requests were made in the first half.