Portals limit government online libel takedown requests
2009/07/07 16:21The Korea Internet Self-Governance Organization (KISO) has decided to place limitations on requests from government officials to remove content they contend to be libelous:
``It is already established in theory that it is held against government institutions and local governments to protect basic rights (of people) as their duty. But they are not defined as the claimer of such rights,'' said a KISO official.
``The past court rulings have also established that public services carried out by public figures could not be subject to libel suits, unless it is firmly established that the reports were based on falsified facts. We have no intention of blocking Internet users from producing healthy criticism on the government.''
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) also recently took issue with the Telecommunications Law’s ambiguity for law enforcement and judges to enforce:
The nation’s human rights agency said Wednesday the current Telecommunications Law infringes upon the freedom of expression protected under the Constitution and asked the judiciary to take a cautious approach in dealing with relevant cases.
The law (article 47, clause 1) bans the spread of misleading information with the intention of ``damaging the public interest’’ via telecommunication infrastructure including the Internet.
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