Preventing the 'Kakao Outage' Incident... Democratic Party Policy Committee Actively Promotes the "Digital Blackout Prevention Act"

Proposal of Amendment to the Framework Act on Broadcasting and Communications Development by Assemblymen Park Seong-jung and Choi Seung-jae
Government Holds Party-Government Meeting on the 19th to Prepare Measures

Sung Il-jong, Chairman of the Policy Committee of the People Power Party, is delivering opening remarks at the party-government consultation meeting on the Grain Management Act held at the National Assembly on the 18th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The Policy Committee of the People Power Party announced on the 18th that it will actively promote the 'Digital Blackout Prevention Act' to prevent recurrence of the so-called 'Kakao outage' incident.

The Policy Committee stated in a press release on the same day, "This is to prevent broadcasting and communication disasters and to avoid inconvenience to the public."

Regarding this incident, the People Power Party's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee floor leaders, Representative Park Seong-jung and Representative Choi Seung-jae, have proposed an amendment to the Framework Act on Broadcasting and Communications Development. The main content includes expanding the scope of the establishment and implementation of the basic plan for broadcasting and communication disasters under the Broadcasting and Communications Framework Act to include value-added communication service providers, and adding provisions related to duplication and diversification to protect key data.

The Policy Committee emphasized, "We will actively take additional measures for user damage compensation and recurrence prevention through close consultation with the government in the future."

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