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Kim Jong-cheol says platforms must step up youth protection, warns of broader administrative penalties

Kim Jong-cheol (김종철), chairman of the Broadcast, Media and Communications Commission, said he would strengthen platforms’ responsibility to protect youths, including by expanding administrative penalties, to prevent risky contacts involving children and teenagers on services such as KakaoTalk Open Chat. He made the comments during a parliamentary audit after questions from lawmaker Lee Jung-heon (이정헌), who cited surveys and an experiment showing minors’ exposure to strangers and requests for personal information.

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Broadcast Media and Communications Commission launches consultative body to boost pay-TV industry

South Korea\'s Broadcast Media and Communications Commission has launched a private-public consultative body to draw up measures to revitalise the pay-TV industry as growth stalls and profitability worsens. The commission held the first meeting in Seoul on Aug. 20 with pay-TV operators and the Korea Information Society Development Institute. The group will discuss deregulation, building an innovation base, supporting digital and AI transition, and creating a fair, co-prosperity environment, including content usage fee issues.

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Broadcast watchdog warns KBS Joy over repeated airing of child abuse CCTV footage

South Korea\'s Broadcast Media and Communications Commission held a plenary meeting in Seoul on Sunday and voted to issue a statutory \"caution\" to KBS Joy\'s entertainment program for repeatedly airing unfiltered CCTV footage from a child abuse case in which a 3-year-old died. The panel also issued a \"caution\" to an NS Home Shopping broadcast for potentially misleading viewers about a hair serum\'s effects and for overstating cumulative sales.