Korea Online Defamation and Insult Damages Calculator

Estimate Korean online defamation and insult damages, viral index, criminal context, litigation cost, limitation status, and strategy.

Online Defamation Inputs

Recommended damages

₩5,040,000

Damages range

₩1,680,000 - ₩16,800,000

Viral index

1.2

보통

Strategy

형사·민사 병행

Defamation Detail

Type label
온라인 모욕(악플)
Law reference
형법 제311조, 정보통신망법
Criminal imprisonment
1년 이하 징역/금고
Criminal fine
200만원 이하 벌금
Litigation cost range
₩2,439,680 - ₩5,943,680
Short-term limitation remaining
Not calculated

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What Is the Korea Online Defamation and Insult Damages Calculator?

This calculator estimates Korean damages, viral index, criminal penalty context, litigation cost, statute-of-limitations status, and strategy for online defamation, insult, false facts, privacy exposure, and platform-based reputational harm.

The English calculator calls the same Korean online-defamation function. It evaluates platform, victim type, views, comments, shares, search indexing, exposure period, intent, repetition, anonymity, mental harm, economic damage, secondary harm, victim fault, deletion action, apology, incident date, and awareness date.

Important Note

Online defamation evidence can disappear. Capture URL, account, date, time, comments, shares, search results, platform notices, and deletion history before demanding removal.

Viral and Damage Inputs

Input groupExamplesWhy it matters
Platform and reachCommunity, blog, news comment, SNS, YouTube, portal main; views, comments, sharesBuilds viral index and social-harm weight
Content typeInsult, factual defamation, false-fact defamation, privacy disclosureChanges law reference and criminal context
AggravationSearch indexing, repetition, organized posting, anonymity, secondary harmRaises damages and litigation complexity
MitigationImmediate deletion, platform action, apology, victim faultCan reduce recommended damages

Limitation and Criminal Context

  • The Korean model checks both the short period from awareness and the long period from incident where dates are provided.
  • For civil claims, the source model treats the practical limitation check as 3 years from awareness and 10 years from the incident.
  • Criminal penalty context differs between insult, ordinary defamation, false-fact defamation, and information-network style online spread.
  • The calculator separates economic damage from consolation money so lost sales or treatment cost is not diluted into a generic rate.

Evidence and Platform Steps

For search-indexed posts, capture both the post and search result pages. For anonymous accounts, preserve account ID, profile, posting pattern, comments, and any IP or platform preservation route available through counsel or investigation.

Deletion can help reduce continuing harm but may also remove evidence if preservation was not completed. Evidence capture should normally come first unless immediate safety or privacy risk requires urgent takedown.

FAQ

Is an anonymous post impossible to sue over?

No. Anonymity makes identification harder, but platform records, investigation procedures, posting patterns, and civil evidence routes may still identify the speaker.

Does deleting the post end damages?

No. Deletion can reduce future harm, but past exposure, captured shares, search indexing, mental harm, and economic loss can remain relevant.

Legal Use Notice

This English page translates and adapts the Korean calculator content for Korea-based estimates. The interactive calculator reuses the same Korean pure calculation function as the Korean page, so the numerical result is aligned with the Korean service. It is an estimation tool, not legal advice for a specific dispute.