Republic of Korea: Adopted amendment to Network Act including content moderation requirements
Description
Adopted amendment to Network Act including content moderation requirements
On 20 May 2020, Bill No. 2024923, amending the Network Act (Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection) to prevent digital sex crimes, was adopted by the National Assembly of Korea. In particula…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases, infrastructure provider: network hardware and equipment
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-05-04
under deliberation
2020-05-20
adopted
2020-06-09
adopted
2020-12-10
in grace period