Republic of Korea: Expedited content takedown procedures for illegal information in amendment to Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission (Law No. 21379/Bill No. 14862)

Progress

Current status
in force
19 Feb 2026 in force
29 Jan 2026 adopted
04 Dec 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
streaming service provider
search service provider
software provider: other software
messaging service provider
Government Branch
executive
legislature
Government Body
central government
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

19 Feb 2026
in force

Amendment to Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission enters into force

On 19 February 2026, the Partial Amendment to the Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission (Law No. 21379) entered into force upon promulgation. The Law applies to online platform services, strea…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government
29 Jan 2026
adopted

National Assembly adopted Amendment to Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission

On 29 January 2026, the National Assembly of South Korea adopted the Partial Amendment to the Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission (Bill No. 2214862), a committee alternative consolidating fi…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
04 Dec 2025
under deliberation

Amendment to Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission was introduced to National Assembly

On 24 November 2025, the Amendment to the Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission (Bill No. 2214862) was introduced to the National Assembly of South Korea as a committee alternative consolidati…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament