Google snubs Korean goverment Internet regulation demands
2009/04/10 11:59Google Korea recently found their YouTube service the target of new Korean regulations to require a real-name identification system for users of the site:
``Google is serious about protecting the rights of users and freedom of expression, but at the same time, is required to follow the regulations of the local country,'' said a Google Korea official, who said the company will implement different measures for non-Korean YouTube users accessing services from here.
As rumoured, they’ve decided to limit the ability for users of the localized Korean site from uploading video and comments rather than adding the real-name identification system. But users in Korea will be easily to skirt the restriction by choosing another localized YouTube site to post content (users can still set the interface language to Hangul (Korean) while using another localized site).
When attempting to post content when using the Korean YouTube site, users receive the following messsage:
The Korean government is also receiving pushback from a Korean Internet industry group on some new communications and copyright legislation:본인확인제로 인해 한국 국가 설정시 동영상/댓글 업로드 기능을 자발적으로 비활성화합니다.
We have voluntarily disabled this functionality on kr.youtube.com because of the Korean real-name verification law.
K-Internet, an industry lobby of 150 Internet companies, including NHN, the operator of Naver (www.naver.com), Daum (www.daum.net), Google Korea (www.google.co.kr) and Yahoo! Korea (www.yahoo.co.kr), announced a statement denouncing the controversial bill backed by the Grand National Party (GNP).
According to the draft, the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the country's spy agency, gets expanded surveillance power that allows real-time interception of mobile phone and Internet communication, compared to current law that limits monitoring to fixed-line telephone calls.
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