Kwon Ik-wi "Legal Basis Needed for Automatic Warning Calls on Illegal Advertisements"

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) has recommended establishing clear legal grounds to allow automatic phone calls to advertisers of illegal advertisements.

On the 2nd, the ACRC announced that it recommended the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to establish detailed standards to enable automatic phone calls to advertisers when illegal advertisements are detected.

Currently, local governments issue warning automatic phone calls to advertisers when illegal advertisements are detected, informing them of violations of the Outdoor Advertising Act and administrative penalties such as fines. Since the implementation of this system, local governments have reportedly seen a reduction in illegal advertisements.

The ACRC judged that this measure could potentially lead to legal disputes. In fact, an analysis of 11,423 complaints related to automatic phone calls received through the Civil Complaint Information Analysis System from January last year to June this year showed that 97% of the complaints requested automatic phone calls regarding illegal advertisements. Among the complaints, there were grievances that the legal basis for issuing automatic phone calls to advertisers was weak and that the measures were excessive.

The ACRC expressed an opinion for system improvement to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, urging the establishment of clear legal grounds and detailed standards, considering the possibility that local governments might operate the automatic call system arbitrarily.

An ACRC official said, "Illegal advertisements are harming the living environment and causing inconvenience to the public," adding, "We hope that this opinion for system improvement will contribute to reducing illegal advertisements and alleviating residents' fatigue."

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