Rating violations on video streaming sites on the rise, with three US companies accounting for 90% = Korea

Cho Kye-won, a member of the Korea Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, analyzed the materials submitted by the Film Rating Committee and concluded that the implementation of the over-the-top (OTT) rating classification system
It was revealed that after the implementation of the system, the number of violations of the law and administrative guidance by businesses reached 373. In 2023, the first year of the implementation of the system, there were 78 violations of the law and 128 administrative guidance cases.
However, in 2024, there were 47 violations and 93 administrative guidance cases from January to August alone. The number of violations by three US companies, Netflix, Disney, and Apple, accounted for the largest proportion of the total.
Netflix in particular was the top choice, accounting for 86.8% of all 152 cases, or 76 out of 152, which is 50% of the total. This was followed by Apple with 33 cases and 21.7%, and Disney with 23 cases and 15.1%.
Among domestic operators, ContentWave had seven cases with 4.6%, Teabing had five cases with 3.3%, and Weverse had four cases with 2.7%.
In terms of the number of administrative guidance cases, the three American companies accounted for 90.5%. Netflix accounted for 59.3% with 131 cases.
This was followed by Disney with 67 cases (30.3%) and Content Wave with 11 cases (4.9%). Although the administrative guidance is not legally binding, there were also cases where the company did not accept it.
Zuni rejected nine requests to revise its "content information," and Apple rejected one.