--- description: Korea Communications Commission develops an alert service that warns parents when kids receive suspect messages title: South Korea Clamps Down on Cyberbullying image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d80eb6940e6883b/698687c0cd68488096093d6d/rtx17rvo.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # South Korea Clamps Down on Cyberbullying by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 8:03 AM CUT  South Korea is trying to counter the increasing tendency among teenagers to bully each other online South Korea is trying to counter the increasing tendency among teenagers to bully each other online© Kim Hong-Ji – Reuters by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 8:03 AM CUT South Korea is launching an alert service that will notify parent’s when their kid receives instant-messages containing swear words or other inappropriate words, the [_Wall Street Journal_ reports.](http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2014/03/28/korea-to-teens-no-more-swearing-on-smartphones/ "undefined") The purpose of the service is to counter an increasing occurrence of verbal abuse and cyber-bullying in one of the world’s most wired countries. The alert service is currently under development by the Korea Communications Commission and will be rolled out in July. \[[Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2014/03/28/korea-to-teens-no-more-swearing-on-smartphones/ "undefined")\] South Korea Clamps Down on Cyberbullying ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41285/south-korea-kids-cyberbullying-alerts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41285/south-korea-kids-cyberbullying-alerts/"},"headline":"South Korea Clamps Down on Cyberbullying","datePublished":"2014-03-28T08:03:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:50.879Z","description":"Parents will get an alert whenever their kid receives a suspect message","url":"https://time.com/41285/south-korea-kids-cyberbullying-alerts/","keywords":["Tech","Teenagers","South Korea","Bullying","cyberbullying"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d80eb6940e6883b/698687c0cd68488096093d6d/rtx17rvo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d80eb6940e6883b/698687c0cd68488096093d6d/rtx17rvo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"People try out Samsung Galaxy phones at the Samsung Electronics' headquarters in Seoul","caption":"People try out Samsung Galaxy phones at the Samsung Electronics' headquarters in Seoul","creditText":"© Kim Hong-Ji – Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41285/south-korea-kids-cyberbullying-alerts/","name":"South Korea Clamps Down on Cyberbullying"}}]}] ```