Republic of Korea: 2025 amendment to Network Act establishing governance bodies and introducing increased fines was adopted by National Assembly

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2025 amendment to Network Act establishing governance bodies and introducing increased fines was adopted by National Assembly

On 24 December 2025, the National Assembly adopted the 2025 amendment to the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilisation and Information Protection (Network Act/Bill no. 2215443). The Act restructures the regulatory framew…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-12-24
adopted

On 24 December 2025, the National Assembly adopted the 2025 amendment to the Act on Promotion of In…

2026-07-06
in force

On 6 July 2026, the Act on Partial Amendment to the Act on Promotion of Information and Communicati…