The police is cracking down on online adult community Sora.net.

Kang Shin-myung, chief commissioner of the Korean police, said Monday that not only the page administrators but also community members who participated in illegal acts will be held responsible. 

While browsing adult content is not a criminal act, Kang said, “Those who create or distribute child pornography, heavy uploaders who circulate a large number of obscene content and distributors of revenge pornography are all punishable by law.” 

"Writers of posts that incite sexual assault, should they be found to have actual links to abuse cases, will be tracked down and severely punished.”

The Korean police recently brought down the infamous community’s overseas server in Netherlands.

Following the police’s search and confiscation, a total of 62 people including the website advertiser, online cafe administrators and members who gambled on the online cafe were booked without physical detention.

Kang vowed that even if Sora.net comes back in service through a back-up website or through the creation of a similar service, the police will doggedly chase it down.

He also plans to suggest an improved authentication system for adult websites to the Korea Communications Commission, as Sora.net was found to be open to people of all ages.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)