Broadcasting Review Committee-Digital Gyodoso 'Site Blocking' Tug of War... Second Reopening

Digital Prison Changes Second Address to Launch Site
No Way to Access Except Blocking Whenever Address Changes

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The website 'Digital Prison,' which arbitrarily discloses personal information of criminals and others, continues to change its address and operate despite the Korea Communications Standards Commission's (KCSC) access blocking measures. They have already changed their address twice and launched a new site.

The KCSC Communications Review Subcommittee reviewed 'Digital Prison,' which had changed its address once, at a meeting held on the 28th of last month and decided to block access. However, Digital Prison changed its address again the very next day and resumed operations. Currently, Digital Prison is accessible at the new address.

This is the second time Digital Prison has evaded the KCSC's access blocking measures by changing its address. Previously, on the 25th, access to the site was blocked for the first time by the KCSC's decision.

The problem is that this kind of 'tug-of-war' is inevitable going forward. Access blocking does not involve shutting down the server but simply prevents users from accessing it. The KCSC's review is conducted per internet address (URL), so even if the same information is contained, if the address changes, it must be reviewed individually. This is also why pornographic sites blocked in Korea are often back in operation before long.

Every time Digital Prison reopens, the commission has to chase and block it, but to block it, the KCSC must hold a meeting and conduct a review each time, whereas Digital Prison only needs to change its address once. In fact, Digital Prison has stated that it will continue to respond by changing its address in response to the KCSC's access blocking measures.

The only way to completely eliminate Digital Prison at present is through police investigation. The police are investigating the second-phase operator as an accomplice of the first-phase operator, who has already been apprehended. The first-phase operator was arrested by the police on the 22nd in Vietnam after an international joint investigation with the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO, Interpol). The police plan to comprehensively identify whether there are other accomplices, including the second-phase operator, once the first-phase operator is repatriated to Korea. The police are currently taking steps to repatriate the first-phase operator, and the repatriation could take place as early as the beginning of this month.

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