Ⅱ. Respecting the Dignity and Value of Diverse Members of Society: 1. Efforts in Responding to Hatred and Discrimination
Ⅱ. Respecting the Dignity and
Value of Diverse Members of Society
1. Efforts in Responding to Hatred and Discrimination
A. Human Rights Status 2021
The case of Chatbot Lee Luda’s expression of discrimination and hatred during
the early 2021 was problematic in that an artificial intelligence learned and
reproduced the social prejudice and hatred towards women, LGBT, people with
disabilities, etc. However, what’s more problematic was that the Korean society’s
inhumane discrimination and hate speeches towards the minority are so
prominent that even an artificial intelligence can learn easily.
According to a survey on the awareness of hate speech online that was
conducted by the NHRCK in Mary 2021, 70.3% responded that they have experience
seeing or hearing people expressing hatred either online or offline – meaning 7 in
10 Koreans experienced hate speeches in one form or another during the past
1 year.
Hate speech became a social issue since 2010, and has since become one of the
most important social issues in Korea. An expression of hatred violates the dignity
of the social minorities and has the effect of increasing hatred towards the targeted
minority group. Hate speech is aimed at a specific group that has been continuously
and structurally discriminated against, and causes fear, withdrawn feeling,
frustration and self-denial for the members. It also distributes distorted facts
relates to the targeted group members. In the end, the spread of hate speech
promotes and instigates discrimination, hatred and violence towards the targeted
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