Republic of Korea: Korea Communications Commission investigation into Naver for alleged discriminatory conduct by its news algorithm

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
02 Jul 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

02 Jul 2023
under deliberation

Announced Korea Communications Commission investigation into Naver for alleged discriminatory conduct by its news algorithm

On 2 July 2023, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced its investigation into Naver, an online platform and search engine, for alleged discriminatory conduct through its artificial intelligence-based news algorithm, in violation of the …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority

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