Korea Communications Standards Commission

Korea Communications Standards Commission
방송통신심의위원회
放送通信審議委員會
Bangsong Tongsin Simui Wiwonhoe
Commission overview
Formed February 2008 (2008-02)
Preceding agencies
  • Information and Communication Ethics Committee
  • Korea Broadcasting Commission
Jurisdiction South Korea
Headquarters Yangcheon District, Seoul
Commission executive
  • Kang, Sang-Hyun, Chairman
Website www.kocsc.or.kr

The Korea Communications Standards Commission (Hangul: 방송통신심의위원회; Hanja: 放送通信審議委員會; RR: Bangsongtongsinsimui Wiwonhoe) is South Korea's Internet censorship body.[1]

The KCSC replaced an earlier body, the Information and Communication Ethics Committee.[1]

On September 2011, the KCSC has decided to open up its three discussion committees to the public.[2]

The KCSC has required Korean citizens to enter government issued ID numbers in order to post political comments online.[3]

Censorship

  • It is alleged that the KCSC has been heavily biased in favor towards the Lee Myung-bak government. On August 3, 2008, KCSC requested the internet portal, Daum, to delete posts and commentaries that express against Lee Myung-bak during the heyday of the anti-beef imports.[4]
  • Some lay members of the National Assembly protested against KCSC's censorship-like decision to monitor contents in social network services and mobile apps.[5]
  • Moon Yong-sik (문용식) CEO of the South Korean internet contents company, Nowcom, has expressed concerns about the KCSC becoming the tool to monitor and to censor online contents that express anti-government and anti-big business messages.[6]
  • The KCSC had considered penalizing SBS and MBC for showing Twitter messages that are critical against President Lee and his government.[7]

SNS

The KCSC planned to set up a regulatory office dedicated to supervise the posts on SNS outlets.[8] However, the Constitutional Court of Korea has ruled against KCSC's decision to regulate voting-related posts on SNS outlets.[9]

Criticism

  • Fans of South Korea's popular variety show, Infinite Challenge criticized the KCSC for pointing out negative remarks towards the show.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Jillian York and Rainey Reitman (September 6, 2011). "In South Korea, the Only Thing Worse Than Online Censorship is Secret Online Censorship". Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  2. ↑ Kim (김), Byeong-gyu (병규) (2011-09-12). 방통심의위, 소위원회 회의 공개키로. Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Why South Korea is really an internet dinosaur". www.economist.com. The Economist. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Kim (김), Jeong-seop (정섭) (2008-05-08). "李대통령 비판글 지워달라"…방통위, 포털에 댓글삭제 요구. Kyunghyang Sinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  5. ↑ Sohn (손), Bong-seok (봉석) (2011-10-20). "방송통신위 SNS 심의 추진에 여야 모두 비판". The Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  6. ↑ Cha (차), Hyeong-seok (형석) (2011-06-10). 인터넷 방송 모니터링은 여론 길들이기. SisaInLive (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  7. ↑ Chae (채), Ji-eun (지은) (2011-07-07). 방통심의委, 권력 눈치보기 언제까지…. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-28.
  8. ↑ Kim, Rahn (2011-12-01). "SNS faces tighter scrutiny". Korea Times. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  9. ↑ Choi, He-suk (2011-12-29). "Court rules against ban on SNS in elections". Korean Herald. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  10. ↑ Im (임), Ji-yeong (지영) (2011-11-18). 징계 또 징계, <무한도전> 잔혹사. SisInLive (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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