"Discord and Telegram Nth Room Draw Crowds Due to 'Balloon Effect'...Stricter Review"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Kang Sang-hyun, Chairman of the Korea Communications Standards Commission, stated on the 25th during the National Assembly's emergency inquiry on the Nth Room case that "the site called Discord is becoming a hotspot for illegal content due to the 'balloon effect' from Telegram's Nth Room," adding, "We are strengthening our monitoring efforts."

Chairman Kang also mentioned, "There is an issue with corrective measures not being effectively enforced on overseas service providers," and said, "Regarding this, it is necessary to legislate the mandatory compliance of overseas service providers with corrective demands."

In fact, Discord is distributing illegal filmed content in a manner similar to Telegram's 'Nth Room.' Accordingly, the Korea Communications Standards Commission recently applied self-regulation to 8 Discord contents and issued corrective demands for 9 cases.

Meanwhile, Han Sang-hyuk, Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, commented on the failure to remove obscene materials on overseas SNS platforms, saying, "There is public consensus that the punitive regulations or their severity are insufficient," and added, "We will consider raising the severity of penalties based on public agreement." Regarding the appearance of Nth Room victim-related search terms on Google, he stated, "We requested deletion measures and received the notification of results this morning. We will continue to strengthen monitoring on Google to address the issue of related search terms appearing."

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