"Promoting Internet Semi-Real Name System with 'Comment IP and ID Disclosure'"

Strengthening Comment 'Accountability'
Promotion of Internet Semi-Real Name System

Park Dae-chul, a member of the Liberty Korea Party, is questioning during the National Assembly inspection of the Korea Research Foundation and others at the Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee held at the National Assembly on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The 'Internet Semi-Real Name System,' which strengthens accountability for malicious comments by disclosing the IP addresses and IDs of comment authors, is being promoted.

On the 13th, Park Dae-chul, a member of the People Power Party, introduced a partial amendment bill to the "Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the 'Information and Communications Network Act')."

The amendment aims to strengthen accountability for online comments by disclosing the IDs and IPs of comment authors. In particular, it imposes an obligation on information and communication service providers to display this information, unifying the ID disclosure policies that were previously handled differently by each portal and enhancing the effectiveness of the semi-real name system policy.

Representative Park stated, "Freedom of expression must be accompanied by responsibility, and one must keep in mind that their comments could indirectly cause harm," adding, "We expect that the introduction of the Internet Semi-Real Name System will restore the positive function of comments as a forum for public discourse."

Meanwhile, last year, malicious comments were pointed out as a cause of the successive suicides of celebrities such as Sulli and Goo Hara, leading to the proposal of bills related to the Internet Semi-Real Name System in the 20th National Assembly, but they failed to gain momentum. At that time, major platform companies such as Naver, Daum, and Kakao had closed the comment sections on internet entertainment news.

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