"Old XX, disgusting"... Middle school girl posts teachers' personal information and insults on social media; parents report them for 'child abuse'

[Financial News] A middle school girl dissatisfied with school guidance posted insults and personal information, including teachers' faces and contact details, on social media, prompting education authorities to launch an investigation.

According to Yonhap News and other outlets on the 21st, Student A, a first-year student at a middle school in Gyeonggi Province, posted a message on Instagram and Threads on the evening of the 17th containing the personal information of four people, including her homeroom teacher.
The post included the teachers' faces, names and contact information, along with insults such as "Crazy XX, old XX, die, disgusting."
Education authorities believe Student A became dissatisfied after a teacher provided guidance at school on the 16th regarding movement between classes. She then filmed the teachers, captured still images from parts of the footage and used them to create the post.

The post was reportedly deleted three days later, on the 20th. Student A was also reportedly suspended from attending school during the first semester over a case involving infringement of teachers' rights. However, it was found that her parents had instead reported the teachers for alleged child abuse.
An official with the Gyeonggi Federation of Teachers' Associations stated, "Police reviewing the matter reportedly determined that it was 'guidance under school rules' and informed them that the case could not be accepted. The parent had also reported a teacher for child abuse in the past, but the case was reportedly 'closed before formal registration' after authorities determined that it could not be considered abuse."
Lee Sang-ho, president of the Gyeonggi Federation of Teachers' Associations, condemned the actions, saying, "Publicly disclosing teachers' personal information and hurling insults at them is bad enough, but pressuring them with baseless child-abuse reports over legitimate school guidance strikes at the very foundation of teachers' rightful educational authority."
Meanwhile, the affected teachers, citing harm to their professional authority, asked the local education support office to convene a Teacher Rights Protection Committee. The Gyeonggi-do Office of Education has assigned a dedicated teacher-rights protection officer to the teachers and is considering support measures.
[email protected] Kim Su-yeon Reporter