"5·18 North Korean Military Involvement" YouTube Historical Distortion Video Deleted

Considered as 'Hate Content'
YouTube Access Blocked
85 Distorting Videos of 5·18 Deleted

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Eighty-five videos distorting the history of the May 18 Democratic Movement have been removed from YouTube. The deleted videos contained content that distorted historical facts, such as claims that North Korean special forces infiltrated Gwangju during the May 18 Democratic Movement or that the late President Kim Dae-jung incited riots. These videos were subject to correction requests (access blocking) following a review last year.

The Korea Communications Standards Commission announced on the 29th that, after directly requesting Google, the platform operator, to delete 100 pieces of distorted information about the May 18 Democratic Movement on YouTube that had not been addressed despite correction requests (access blocking) last year, a total of 85 videos were removed.

Until now, Google (YouTube) had shown a passive attitude toward voluntary measures unless the content was clearly illegal, despite the Commission's decisions. However, it recently changed its policy to filter and delete videos distorting the history of the May 18 Democratic Movement and videos containing discrimination or derogatory content under its community guidelines policy violations, making these videos unviewable.

YouTube regarded distorted information about the May 18 Democratic Movement or discriminatory and derogatory content about related individuals as "hate content." YouTube blocks content that incites violence against or promotes hatred toward individuals or groups with specific identities or characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion, or disability. In particular, last June, YouTube announced it would further strengthen filtering of hate content.

A Commission official stated, "We plan to continue strengthening cooperation with overseas operators to effectively prevent the distribution of illegal and harmful information abroad, provide relief to related victims, and protect domestic internet users."

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